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Cultivating Differences
Michele Lamont
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Description for Cultivating Differences
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, 14 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 317 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
364
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Weight
491g
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226468143
SKU
V9780226468143
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