Cultures and Societies in a Changing World

In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions, and rituals from a sociological perspective. C...

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In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions, and rituals from a sociological perspective. Cultural examples from multiple countries and time periods will broaden students' global understanding. Students will develop a deeper appreciation of culture and society from this text, gleaning insights that will help them overcome cultural misunderstandings, conflicts, and ignorance and that will help equip them to live their professional and personal lives as effective, wise citizens of the world.

Wendy Griswold (born c. 1946) is an American sociologist, professor of sociology and the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, prior to that she was the Arthur E. Andersen Research and Teaching Professor, also at Northwestern University. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and well-known for her contributions to the sociology of culture and the sociology o...

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Wendy Griswold (born c. 1946) is an American sociologist, professor of sociology and the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, prior to that she was the Arthur E. Andersen Research and Teaching Professor, also at Northwestern University. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and well-known for her contributions to the sociology of culture and the sociology of literature. She is the author of nine books, among them, Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria won the "Best Book" award from the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association in 2002 and the academic journal Choice named it one of the year's outstanding academic books.

Chapter 1: Culture and the Cultural Diamond
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Two Ways of Looking at Culture
“The Best that has been thought and Known”
“That Complex Whole”
Connections: The Links between Culture and Society
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Chapter 1: Culture and the Cultural Diamond
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Two Ways of Looking at Culture
“The Best that has been thought and Known”
“That Complex Whole”
Connections: The Links between Culture and Society
The Cultural Object
The Cultural Diamond
Summary
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
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Chapter 2: Cultural Meaning
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Why do we Need Meaning?
Culture and Meaning in Reflection Theory
Culture as Mirror
The Greek Background to Reflection Theory
Culture and Meaning in Marxian Sociology
“From Earth to Heaven”: The Materialist Approach to Culture
Historical Materialism
Research Directions from the Marxian Tradition
Culture and Meaning in Functionalist Sociology
Culture and Meaning in Weberian Sociology
The Anxious Protestants and the World they Built
The Cultural Switchman
Meaning Systems or a Tool Kit?
Meaning, Modernity, and the Clash of Cultures
Summary
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
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Chapter 3: Culture as a Social Creation
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Durkheim and the Social Production of Culture
The Problem of Modern Social Life
Social Bonds: The Role of Religion
Culture as Collective Representation
The Collective Production of Culture
Symbolic Interactionism
Subcultures
Cultural Innovation and Social Change
Cultural Lags and Leads
Cultural Innovations
Summary
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
Chapter 4: The Production, Distribution, and Reception of Culture
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The Production of Culture
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The Culture Industry System
Cultural Markets
The Production of Ideas
Reception
Audiences and Taste Cultures
Horizons of Expectations
Freedom of Interpretation: Two Views
Seduction by Mass Culture
Resistance through Popular Culture
Summary
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
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Chapter 5: Identities, Problems, and Movements
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Constructing a Collective Identity
Constructing a Social Problem
Making Trouble
From Happening to Event to Social Problem
The Career of a Social Problem
Constructing a Social Movement
Summary
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
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Chapter 6: Organizations in a Multicultural World
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Organizational Cultures
Culture and Motivation
Cultures of Solidarity and Ambiguity
Organizations in Cultural Contexts
Working across Cultures
Summary
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
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Chapter 7: Culture and Connection
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Media Revolutions and Cultural Communities
Oral Cultures
Written Cultures
Print Cultures
ICT Cultures
The Cultural Impact of the Internet
Old Diamonds, New Media
Communities of Meaning in a Global Culture
Postmodernity and Community
Mediated Transnationals
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
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Chapter 8: Culture and Power
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Power: What is it, who has it, and why Do People Submit to it?
Power in Face-to-Face Interactions
Identity Politics
The Aesthetics of Power
Political Acts as Cultural Objects
Cultures without Centers
Questions for Study and Discussion
Recommended for Further Reading
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