SUNY series in the Sociology of Culture – serie
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Commonplaces
Community Ideology and Identity in American Culture
Häftad, 1990
463 kr
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This book interprets popular American belief and sentiment about cities, suburbs, and small towns in terms of community ideologies. Based on in-depth interviews with residents of American communities, it shows how people construct a sense of identity based on their communities, and how they …
Moral Codes and Social Structure in Ancient Greece
A Sociology of Greek Ethics From Homer to the Epicureans and Stoics
Häftad, 1996
544 kr
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An exercise in cultural sociology, Moral Codes and Social Structure in Ancient Greece seeks to explicate the dynamic currents of classical Hellenic ethics and social philosophy by situating those idea-complexes in their socio-historical and intellectual contexts. Central to this enterprise is a …
Landscapes of Abandonment
Capitalism, Modernity, and Estrangement
Häftad, 2003
371 kr
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Examines the relationship of modern life, including modern capitalism, to feelings and phenomena of abandonment.Using social theory and cultural analysis, Roger A. Salerno explores the relationship of abandonment to the construction of contemporary capitalistic cultures. Beginning with an array of …
AIDS and American Apocalypticism
The Cultural Semiotics of an Epidemic
Häftad, 2005
363 kr
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Looks at how both anti-gay and AIDS activists use apocalyptic language to describe the AIDS crisis.Since public discourse about AIDS began in 1981, it has characterized AIDS as an apocalyptic plague: a punishment for sin and a sign of the end of the world. Christian fundamentalists had already …
French Intellectual Nobility
Institutional and Symbolic Transformations in the Post-Sartrian Era
Av Niilo Kauppi
Häftad, 1996
413 kr
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The first study to examine the conditions that led to the production of theories like "structuralism" and "poststructuralism."French thinkers like Roland Barthes, Pierre Bourdieu, A. J. Greimas, Michel Foucault, and Claude Levi-Strauss created the "structuralist" and "poststructuralist" movements. …
Novels, Novelists, and Readers
Toward a Phenomenological Sociology of Literature
Häftad, 1991
422 kr
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Focusing on British and American novels, Rogers takes a sociological look at the business of literature, the book industry, and the experiences of novelists and readers. Viewing the novel as a vehicle of cultural meaning, the author shows how the literary canon overlooks substantial similarities …
Notes from Underground
Rock Music Counterculture in Russia
Inbunden, 1995
1120 kr
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Describes the Russian rock music counterculture and how it is changing in response to Russia's transition from a socialist to a capitalist society. It explores the lived experiences, the thoughts and feelings of the rock musicians as they meet the challenges of change.Notes From Underground offers …
Notes from Underground
Rock Music Counterculture in Russia
Häftad, 1995
392 kr
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Describes the Russian rock music counterculture and how it is changing in response to Russia's transition from a socialist to a capitalist society. It explores the lived experiences, the thoughts and feelings of the rock musicians as they meet the challenges of change.Notes From Underground offers …
Moral Codes and Social Structure in Ancient Greece
A Sociology of Greek Ethics From Homer to the Epicureans and Stoics
Inbunden, 1996
1120 kr
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An exercise in cultural sociology, Moral Codes and Social Structure in Ancient Greece seeks to explicate the dynamic currents of classical Hellenic ethics and social philosophy by situating those idea-complexes in their socio-historical and intellectual contexts. Central to this enterprise is a …
Who Is My Neighbor?
Social Affinity in a Modern World
Häftad, 1999
414 kr
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Points the way toward a world in which we might feel more connected to and responsible for each other.In a world which often is labeled a "global village," who exactly is our neighbor? Who is My Neighbor? explores the emergence of what is called "social affinity," a concept bridging classical …
Diagnosis for Our Times
Alternative Health, from Lifeworld to Politics
Av Matthew Schneirov, Jonathan David Geczik
Inbunden, 2003
1144 kr
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Explores Americans' increasing attraction to alternative medicine by looking at two alternative health networks, one "New Age," the other conservative Christian.Despite having one of the most advanced systems of medicine in the world, American consumers are increasingly turning to alternative …
Diagnosis for Our Times
Alternative Health, from Lifeworld to Politics
Av Matthew Schneirov, Jonathan David Geczik
Häftad, 2003
413 kr
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Explores Americans' increasing attraction to alternative medicine by looking at two alternative health networks, one "New Age," the other conservative Christian.Despite having one of the most advanced systems of medicine in the world, American consumers are increasingly turning to alternative …
Landscapes of Abandonment
Capitalism, Modernity, and Estrangement
Inbunden, 2003
1111 kr
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Examines the relationship of modern life, including modern capitalism, to feelings and phenomena of abandonment.Using social theory and cultural analysis, Roger A. Salerno explores the relationship of abandonment to the construction of contemporary capitalistic cultures. Beginning with an array of …
AIDS and American Apocalypticism
The Cultural Semiotics of an Epidemic
Inbunden, 2005
1111 kr
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Looks at how both anti-gay and AIDS activists use apocalyptic language to describe the AIDS crisis.Since public discourse about AIDS began in 1981, it has characterized AIDS as an apocalyptic plague: a punishment for sin and a sign of the end of the world. Christian fundamentalists had already …
