Cultural Sociology
Book Review: Group Life: An Invitation to Local Sociology
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print.
Cultural Sociology
(Plat)formatted Creativity: Creating Music in the Age of Streaming
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print. What impact does music streaming have on the production and aesthetics of popular music? Based on 15 qualitative interviews with Norwegian music creators, this article explores how music production is executed and in…
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From the ‘Musical Agora’ to an ‘Extreme Sport’: Negotiating Live Music’s Values in a Context of Urban Informality, Corruption and Violence in Mexico City
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print. Mexico City’s live music industry is well integrated into transnational economic flows, sharing certain features of the Global North, while simultaneously maintaining an informal organization and conflicting dynamics…
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Shifting Artistic Identity on Canvas: From ‘Painter-Worker’ to ‘Painter-Artist’ in a Commercial Painting Community
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print. This study investigates how painters in Village F use artworks to facilitate their identity shift from ‘painter-workers’ to ‘painter-artists’. Focusing on the painters’ interpretation of the visual contents, types of…
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Performative Polarization: The Interactional and Cultural Drivers of Political Antagonism
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print. Political backlash against liberal democracy and ubiquitous clashes between different versions of identity politics in recent years evoked a heightened awareness of political polarization. Rather than examining the m…
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Holocaust Memory as Cultural Code: The UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as Case Study
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print. This research focuses on the proposed UK National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as a vibrant site of discursive contestation, investigating the heated public and political debate on this memory initiative th…
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On The Making of White American Identity: Ron Eyerman and Eric Taylor Woods in Conversation
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print. In this article, Eric Taylor Woods asks Ron Eyerman about the motivations, methods, and ideas that informed the writing of his recent book, The Making of White American Identity (2022). The conversation focuses parti…
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Book Review: The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print.
Cultural Sociology
Music Worlds and Event Networks: An Exposition
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print. Musical activity in contemporary societies clusters in distinct ‘music worlds’, centred on such factors as style and/or locality. A number of studies have analysed these music worlds as networks of participants, link…