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Winter 2022 Announcements – Articles, Books, Conferences and Symposia

New Articles Jack, Anthony Abraham, and Zennon Black. 2022. “Belonging and Boundaries at an Elite University.” Social Problems 18. DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spac051. Liang, Yingjian. 2022. “Different Time Frames, Different Futures: How Disadvantaged Youth Project Realistic and Idealistic Futures.” Social Problems. DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spac053. Mijs, Jonathan J.B. 2022. “Organizing a Weak Anti-prison Movement? Surrogate Representation and Political Pacification at a Nonprofit Prison Reentry Organization.” Race and Space (Research … Continue reading Winter 2022 Announcements – Articles, Books, Conferences and Symposia

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2023 ASA Culture Section – Call for Award Nominations

Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book Book authors may nominate a book published in the calendar year 2022. Authors must be section members to be eligible. Each member of the committee requires: [1] a copy of the book (hard copies preferred), and [2] a two paragraphs-long self- nomination letter written by the author providing a synopsis and outlining the book’s contributions to the sociology of … Continue reading 2023 ASA Culture Section – Call for Award Nominations

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2023 “Culture in Contemporary Life” scheduled talks

The “Culture and Contemporary Life” (CCL) series, chaired by Fiona Greenland, has an exciting set of panels planned for this academic year. As in the past, the CCL series will feature cultural sociologists drawing on their expertise to speak to current events and important social issues. The CCL committee has been recruiting panelists and finalizing all dates, with the first session already planned for late … Continue reading 2023 “Culture in Contemporary Life” scheduled talks

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Letter from Chair, Newsletter

Letter from the Chair, Winter 2022

Hello to all Culture Section members. We are now at the end of a semester that has found us returning to regular face-to-face interactions with students, colleagues, and friends in our academic worlds. I feel very fortunate to be chairing the Section during these more “normal” times, and planning ASA meetings in person, after the three Past Chairs have dealt with the worst of the … Continue reading Letter from the Chair, Winter 2022

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Our Editors!

Man Yao is a PhD candidate of sociology at Ohio State University. Her research interests include gender inequality, cultural sociology, and sociology of education. Her dissertation uses the culture and cognition perspective to examine how people in the U.S. perceive the gender meanings of unfamiliar Chinese names and its real-life consequences. In another line of research, she uses large-scale survey data to document progress and … Continue reading Our Editors!

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Sound Study Recruitment

Alessandra Lembo, PhD (University of Chicago) Is cultural experience structured? Is there a structure to cultural experience? If yes, can we map its underlying structure? These are two questions that interest me and motive my article in Sociological Forum, “He Heard, She Heard: Toward a Cultural Sociology of the Senses.” In that study, I developed a novel interview technique designed to facilitate the description of … Continue reading Sound Study Recruitment

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