Most of us are well into Summer by now, and hopefully enjoying the changed rhythms that brings. For me, the end of Summer and the transition back to Fall rhythms is almost always marked by the ASA Annual Meetings. The ASA meetings are a great chance to catch up with old friends, meet new people, talk with editors, and preview the present and future of … Continue reading Letter from the Chair, Summer 2018
Download PDFs and view the Online ASA program (with locations) here **All sessions are located in the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown** SATURDAY 10:30am- 12:10pm 1257. Taste, Knowledge and Cultural Reproduction, 412, Level 4. Session Organizer: Claudio Benzecry, Northwestern Acting in Disillusio: Morals and Powerlessness in Urban Planning Theory – Hillary Angelo, University of California-Santa Cruz; Gianpaolo Baiocchi, New York University Aesthetic Confidence: Reproducing Status by Investing in Taste – Hannah Wohl, Columbia University Raising Middle-class Children in … Continue reading Culture Section Sessions @ASA2018, Philadelphia, Aug. 10th-15th
Originally published in Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. Winter 2018. Vol. 30 Issue 1. Reviewed by: Anna Michelson, Northwestern University In Under the Cover (Princeton University Press), Clayton Childress traces a novel from inception to afterlife in the hands of readers, deftly demonstrating the interrelated nature of creation, production, and reception. Traditionally studied separately, Childress makes the case for creation, production, and reception as three … Continue reading Book Review: Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel
Originally published in Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. Winter 2018. Vol. 30 Issue 1. Review of The Work of Art: Value in Creative Careers (Stanford, 2017) by Alison Gerber Whitney Johnson, University of Chicago Midway through The Work of Art: Value in Creative Careers, Alison Gerber (Uppsala University) delivers a clever metaphor for the looming threat that some artists might be forced to quit … Continue reading Book Review: The Work of Art: Value in Creative Careers
Originally published in Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. Winter 2018. Vol. 30 Issue 1. Dustin Stoltz (University of Notre Dame) interviews Randall Collins (University of Pennsylvania, Emeritus) on the past, present, and future of cultural analysis and sociology. Dustin Stoltz: How did you become interested in sociology and the study of culture? Randall Collins: In two ways: At Berkeley, I started working in the sociology … Continue reading Four Questions For Randall Collins
Originally published in Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section. Winter 2018. Vol. 30 Issue 1. Robin Wagner-Pacifici New School for Social Research The invitation to contribute to the Culture Section Newsletter’s symposium on Social Theory Now included the following prompt “[W]hat do you think are the questions that hold the conversation together (if at all), what do you think are the most distinctive approaches? what … Continue reading Symposium on Social Theory Now: Social Theory Now Review
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