Interview

Questions with Asia Friedman

Beginning in 2024, Asia Friedman (University of Delaware), along with two of her colleagues, will assume the editorship of Sociological Forum, the Eastern Sociological Society’s flagship journal. Like her soon-to-be editorial predecessor Karen Cerulo, who has served as the journal’s editor for more than fifteen years, Friedman brings a cognitive cultural perspective to sociological inquiry. In particular, the cultural patterning of human thought, attention, and … Continue reading Questions with Asia Friedman

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Letter from Chair, Newsletter

Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

Hello Culture Section members! I have the great honor and pleasure to begin this Letter from the Chair by announcing this year’s Sociology of Culture Section Election winners and the Section Awards winners. I will also briefly report on the activities of the Culture Section since our March 2023 Newsletter. Our hard-working Newsletter Committee and Editors have put together another fantastic Newsletter, and I hope … Continue reading Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

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Annoucement, Newsletter

Newsletter Announcements

                                          New Books                                          Buchholz, Larissa. 2022. The Global Rules of Art. The Emergence and Divisions of a Cultural World Economy. Princeton University Press. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691245447/the-global-rules-of-art A trailblazing study of the emergence of a global cultural field and the different ways in which artists from formerly colonized or peripheral locations become valued worldwide. Prior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of so-called “international” contemporary art consisted almost … Continue reading Newsletter Announcements

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Newsletter, Review

SSHA Book Symposium: How Civic Action Works

Lichterman, Paul. 2021. How Civic Action Works: Fighting for Housing in Los Angeles. Princeton University Press. Notes for Paul: How Civic Action Works Ann Mische University of Notre Dame It’s such a joy to have the chance to read and reflect on “How Civic Action Works”!  I remember discussing this project with Paul over a decade ago when it was still a twinkle in his … Continue reading SSHA Book Symposium: How Civic Action Works

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Newsletter, report

Diversity and Inclusion Committee Report

In Winter 2022, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee conducted a survey of section membership regarding demographics and diversity-related issues. The 2021-2022 D&I committee consisted of Barbara Combs, Mikki Liu, Daniel Karell, Elisabeth Becker Topkara, Elena Ayala-Hurtado, and myself as committee chair. We conducted this survey in order to get a “temperature check” on diversity and inclusion issues as they relate to our section. Thanks to … Continue reading Diversity and Inclusion Committee Report

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Newsletter, Review

Book Review: Ruling Culture

By Tania Aparicio Morales, PhD Full-Time Lecturer, Program in Arts Administration Teachers College Columbia University How did Italy become a global cultural power? In Ruling Culture, Fiona Greenland argues that Italian state patrimony became an influential culture powerhouse because of unique dynamics of internal disputes and intimidation among tomb robbers, artifacts, policies, policing, and soil. Her book is the result of many transformations: the natural … Continue reading Book Review: Ruling Culture

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