| Rethinking Comparative Cultural Sociology: Repertoires of Evaluation in France and the United States Contributor(s): Lamont, Michèle (Editor), Thévenot, Laurent (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521787947 ISBN-13: 9780521787949 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: This book provides a powerful new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Researchers from France and America present eight comparative case studies to demonstrate how the people of these two different cultures mobilize national "repertoires of evaluation" to make judgments about politics, economics, morals and aesthetics. This approach goes beyond essentialist models of national character to compare varying attitudes on topics ranging from racism and sexual harrassment to identity politics, publishing, journalism, the arts and the environment. The book will appeal to sociologists, political scientists and anthropologists alike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 301.072 |
| LCCN: 99462248 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a powerful new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Researchers from France and America present eight comparative case studies to demonstrate how the people of these two different cultures mobilize national repertoires of evaluation to make judgments about politics, economics, morals and aesthetics. This approach goes beyond essentialist models of national character to compare varying attitudes on topics ranging from racism and sexual harrassment to identity politics, publishing, journalism, the arts and the environment. The book will appeal to sociologists, political scientists and anthropologists alike. |
