Cultural Sociology : An Introduction (Hardcover)

Notes on Authors vii

Preface ix

Glossary of Terms xiii

Part I: Theory and Method

1 Starting toWrite a History of the Present Day: Culture and Sociology 3
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2 Defining Cultural Sociology 19

3 Methodological Issues in Cultural Sociology 31

Part II: New Cultural Identities

4 Class, Culture and Social Difference 47

5 Gender and Sexuality 63

6 Racism, ‘Race’ and Difference 77

7 Bodies and Identities 91

Part III: Fragmented Ideology

8 Politics and Culture 107

9 Globalization 121

10 Culture and Religion 133

Part IV: Leisure and Lifestyle

11 Popular Music: Place, Identity, Community 151

12 Fashion Logics and the Cultural Economy: The Social Power of Tastes, Aesthetics and Style 163

13 Food, Eating and Culture 177

14 Media, Culture and Public Life 189

References 201

Index 219