Cultivating Differences - by Michèle Lamont (Paperback)

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How are boundaries created between groups in society?
Author(s): Michèle Lamont
364 Pages
Social Science, Sociology

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Book Synopsis

How are boundaries created between groups in society? And what do these boundaries have to do with social inequality?

In this pioneering collection of original essays, a group of leading scholars helps set the agenda for the sociology of culture by exploring the factors that push us to segregate and integrate and the institutional arrangements that shape classification systems. Each examines the power of culture to shape our everyday lives as clearly as does economics, and studies the dimensions along which boundaries are frequently drawn.

The essays cover four topic areas: the institutionalization of cultural categories, from morality to popular culture; the exclusionary effects of high culture, from musical tastes to the role of art museums; the role of ethnicity and gender in shaping symbolic boundaries; and the role of democracy in creating inclusion and exclusion.

The contributors are Jeffrey Alexander, Nicola Beisel, Randall Collins, Diana Crane, Paul DiMaggio, Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Joseph Gusfield, John R. Hall, David Halle, Richard A. Peterson, Albert Simkus, Alan Wolfe, and Vera Zolberg.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.12 Inches (H) x 6.08 Inches (W) x .84 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.1 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 364

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Sociology

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Michèle Lamont

Language: English

Street Date: January 15, 1993

TCIN: 1006089113

UPC: 9780226468143

Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-4490

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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