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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172212803321

Titolo

Cultural reproduction / / edited by Chris Jenks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-90933-0

1-134-90934-9

1-280-32105-9

0-203-41623-6

0-203-31228-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JenksChris

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Culture

Social change

Social structure

Social control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; INTRODUCTION: THE ANALYTIC BASES OF CULTURAL REPRODUCTION THEORY; ECONOMY AND STRATEGY: THE POSSIBILITY OF FEMINISM; THE NATURAL MAN AND THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN: REPRODUCING CITIZENS; YES-BUT LOGIC: THE QUASI-SCIENCE OF CULTURAL REPRODUCTION; A REPORT ON THE WESTERN FRONT: POSTMODERNISM AND THE 'POLITICS' OF STYLE; CULTURE MADE, FOUND AND LOST: THE CASES OF CLIMBING AND ART; THE NECESSITY OF TRADITION: SOCIOLOGY OR THE POSTMODERN?; SNAPSHOTS: NOTES ON MYTH, MEMORY AND TECHNOLOGY: SHORT FICTIONS CONCERNING THE CAMERA

EVERYDAY LIFE, TECHNOSCIENCE AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS: A ONE-SIDED CONVERSATIONUNFIXING THE SUBJECT: VIEWING BAD TIMING; GOING SHOPPING: MARKETS, CROWDS AND CONSUMPTION; MANET AND DURKHEIM: IMAGES AND THEORIES OF RE-PRODUCTION; THE ROLE OF IDEOLOGY IN CULTURAL RE-PRODUCTION; Name index; Subject index



Sommario/riassunto

This timely and lively book teems with new insights and speculations about how culture is reproduced. Drawing on a wide range of perspectives, it will be recognized as a key text in the sociology of culture and cultural studies.