In this Book
- Social Movements and Culture
- Book
- 1995
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
- Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention
summary
Reflecting the recent surge of interest in culture, this volume brings together top researchers in the field of social movements whose work represents the major approaches to movement analysis from a cultural perspective. The contributors address such issues as various approaches to culture; how movements are affected by the culture of the larger society in which they act; and the internal cultures of these movements. The volume includes a critical survey of the cultural analysis of social movements, as well as a section on methodology. Contributors include Michael Billig, Loughborough University; Rick Fantasia, Smith College; Gary Alan Fine, University of Georgia; William A. Gamson, Boston College; Eric Hirsch, Providence College; Jane Jenson, University of Montreal; John Lofland, University of California, Davis; Alberto Melucci, University of Milan; Ann Swidler, University of California, Berkeley; Verta Taylor, Ohio State University; and Nancy Whittier, Smith College. Copublished with UCL Press, London.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Part I. Conceptions of Culture in Social Movement Analysis
- Part II. Cultural Processes in Mobilization
- 5. Constructing Social Protest
- pp. 85-106
- Part III. Cultural Analysis of Social Movements
- Bibliography
- pp. 247-268
- Contributors
- pp. 269-272
- Subject Index
- pp. 273-276
- Author Index
- pp. 277-281
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816686384
Related ISBN(s)
9780816625758
MARC Record
OCLC
232159899
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No