Beschreibung:
This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominentinternational scholars covers the most important issues comprisingthe sociology of culture.* Provides an invaluable reference resource to all interested inthe cultural structures and processes that animate contemporarylife* Contains 27 essays on the most important issues comprising thesociology of culture, including art, science, religions, race,class, gender, collective memory, institutions, andcitizenship* Reflects and analyzes the "cultural turn" that hastransformed scholarship in the social sciences and humanities.