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RETHINKING THE SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE
John H. StanfieldDuring the 1995 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, I presided over a panel discussion on new perspectives in the sociology of culture. Most of the papers are…
A REFORMULATION OF THE CONCEPT OF TRADITION
Joseph A. ScaresThis paper addresses the status of the concept of tradition in social theory. Tradition, precisely defined, should be one of the ways sociologists understand the logic of social…
MEMORY AS A CULTURAL SYSTEM. ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN WORLD WAR I
Barry SchwartzWorld War I is the pivot of twentieth century American history because it transformed the United States from a regional into a global power. As the fiftieth anniversary of World…
BRER RABBIT, A PLAY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT: RECREATING BLACK CULTURE THROUGH BRER RABBIT STORIES
Annie Ruth LeslieFor centuries, Brer Rabbit stories have communicated the values and experiences of enslaved Africans and of indigenous African American culture (Abrahams, 1985; Brewer, 1968;…
IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT IN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE: THE DISCOURSE OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND AMERICAN NATIONAL NARRATIVES IN AMERICAN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS
Eric MagnusonApproaches to the sociology of culture have largely been constituted around the long tradition of functionalism in sociology. This has hampered the field greatly. Among other…
EURO‐AMERICAN COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF AFRO‐AMERICANS
John H. StanfieldIn race‐centered societies dominant racial populations create and maintain society through constructing collective representations of The Other Races. These collective…
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