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Book Review by Joselyn Quiroz: Refashioning Race by Alka Menon

Book Review by Joselyn QuirozPhD Candidate, Department of SociologyUniversity of California – Los Angeles In Alka Menon’s new book, Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards, she identifies the ways in which cosmetic surgeons generate and apply knowledge, theory, and technique using racial categories, thereby reshaping and refashioning racial categories on an individual, interactional, and broader cultural scale. Menon examines the case … Continue reading Book Review by Joselyn Quiroz: Refashioning Race by Alka Menon

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Letter from Chair, Newsletter

Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

It has been a real honor and privilege to serve as Chair of the Sociology of Culture Section. One of the greatest pleasures has been seeing the commitment and generosity with which so many people dedicated their time and efforts to serve on our multiple committees. We all have many pressures on our time, and it would be all too easy to prioritize many of … Continue reading Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

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Newsletter

2023 Award Announcements

Sociology of Culture Section Awards Our Culture Section awards committees have been hard at work reading all submissions and making selections. I’m delighted to announce the award winners for the Mary Douglas Award for Best Book, the Clifford Geertz Award for Best Article, and the Richard A. Peterson Award for Best Student Paper below. Mary Douglas Award for Best Book Co-winners: Karen A. Cerulo and … Continue reading 2023 Award Announcements

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Annoucement, Newsletter

Announcements

The Eastern Sociological Society held its annual meeting in February organized around the theme “Dignity and Society.” Sessions covered a wide range of topics of particular interest to scholars of culture including “Identity, Power, and Caste in Science Fiction,” “Cultural Politics,” and “Voices, Meaning, and the Media.”  Call for Papers Third Annual Du Boisian Scholar Network (DBSN) Virtual Gathering at the University of Michigan, Ann … Continue reading Announcements

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Newsletter, report

CCL Event Report: Belligerent Nationalism

Moderator Ana Velitchkova, University of Mississippi Panelists Olga Shevchenko, Williams College; Andreas Wimmer, Columbia University Xiaohong Xu, University of Michigan On March 1, 2023, the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association held a live discussion themed “Belligerent Nationalism in Big Power Politics,” as the second event of this year’s Culture and Contemporary Life Series. Ana Velitchkova (University of Mississippi) moderated the discussion. Olga Shevchenko … Continue reading CCL Event Report: Belligerent Nationalism

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Newsletter, Review

Book Review: Fair Share by Gary Alan Fine

By Oded Marom PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology University of Southern California In his new book, Fair Share: Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance, Gary Fine takes on two distinct, yet related tasks. First, the book seeks to solve an original empirical puzzle regarding senior citizens and political action., Seniors in America, Fine tells us, face a curious predicament. On the one … Continue reading Book Review: Fair Share by Gary Alan Fine

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