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Cultural sociology - or the sociology of culture - has grown from a minority interest in the 1970s to become one of the largest and most vibrant areas within sociology globally. In The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology, a global range of experts explore the theory, methodology and innovations that make up this ever-expanding field. The Handbook's 40 original chapters have been organised into five thematic sections: Theoretical Paradigms Major Methodological Perspectives Domains of Inquiry Cultural Sociology in Contexts Cultural Sociology and Other Analytical Approaches Both comprehensive and current, The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology will be an essential reference tool for both advanced students and scholars across sociology, cultural studies and media studies.
Symbolic Interactionism's Contribution to the Study of Culture
Symbolic Interactionism's Contribution to the Study of Culture
The study of culture has been given its most powerful expression … in the tradition of symbolic interactionism. (Carey, 1989: 96, paraphrased)
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter I attempt a reading of that complex contemporary theoretical formation, symbolic interactionism, and its contributions to the study of culture. Symbolic interactionism, the study of culture and American cultural studies exist within competing fields of discourse (see Reynolds and Herman-Kenney, 2003). These discourses are moving in several directions at the same time.1 This has the effect of simultaneously creating new spaces, new possibilities and new formations for these perspectives, while closing down others. Anticipating my conclusions, I will call for a critical, interpretive, interactionist ...
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