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Practicing culture /

Practicing Culture seeks to revitalize the field of cultural sociology with an emphasis not on abstract theoretical debates but on showing how to put theoretical sources to work in empirical research. Each of the chapters in this book offer a provocative empirical case study of how culture works in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-, Sennett, Richard, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, ©2007.
Colección:Taking culture seriously.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "We have never been German" : the economy of digging in Russian Kaliningrad / Olga Sezneva
  • Practicing poetry : a career without a job / Ailsa Craig
  • Hot glass : the calorific imagination of practice in glassblowing / Erin O'Connor
  • State power as field work : culture and practice in the French survey of historic landmarks / Alexandra Kowalski
  • New and improved nations : branding national identity / Melissa Aronczyk
  • Facts in the city : how London accountants simplify decisions / Matthew Gill
  • Managing doubt : professional wrestling jargon and the making of "smart fans" / Marion Wrenn
  • Beauty at the gallery : sentimental education and operatic community in contemporary Buenos Aires / Claudio Benzecry
  • The erotic life of electric hair clippers : a social history / Alton Phillips
  • Practicing authorship : the case of Brecht's plays / Monika Krause.