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Semiotics provides key analytical tools to understand the creation
and reproduction of meaning in social life. Although some fields
have productively incorporated semiotic models, sociology still
needs to engage with semiotic mediation. Written by a diverse group
of authors in interpretive sociology, this ambitious volume asks
what the relationship between meaning systems and action is, how we
can describe culture and which roles we assign to language, social
processes and cognition in a sociological context. Contributors
offer empirical research that not only outlines the conceptual
issues at stake, but also demonstrates ‘how to do things’ with
semiotics through case studies. Synthesizing a diverse and
fragmented landscape, this is a key reference work for scholars
interested in the connection between semiotics and sociology.
Semiotics provides key analytical tools to understand the creation
and reproduction of meaning in social life. Although some fields
have productively incorporated semiotic models, sociology still
needs to engage with semiosis mediation. Written by a diverse group
of authors in interpretive sociology, this ambitious volume asks
what the relationship between meaning systems and action is, how we
can describe culture and which roles we assign to language, social
processes and cognition in a sociological context. Contributors
offer empirical research that not only outlines the conceptual
issues at stake, but also demonstrates 'how to do things' with
semiotics through case studies. Synthesizing a diverse and
fragmented landscape, this is a key reference work for scholars
interested in the connection between semiotics and sociology.
Since his arrival in New York in 1961, Bob Dylan has always been
something of a mystery. He has worn a variety of masks that have
delighted, puzzled, amused, and angered his many audiences. He has
been poet, rocker, preacher, trickster, and prophet, and he has
filled all these personas with songs and different voices.
Nonetheless, Dylan has always been perceived as an authentic
artist. Andrea Cossu brings the making of Bob Dylan to center stage
in this new book, which offers a strikingly fresh explanation of
Dylan and the changes he made throughout his career. Cossu s
enjoyable descriptions of key Dylan performances show us how Dylan
created his authenticity through performance, and how the many
attempts to make Bob Dylan have often involved the interaction
between the artist, his public image, and his many
audiences.Touching on four different periods and tours from his
first days in Greenwich Village to his electric turn at Newport,
from the Rolling Thunder Revue and Dylan s born-again years to his
late career the book offers a striking vision of how Dylan built
his image and learned to live with its burden, painting a unique
and coherent new portrait of the artist. A select number of books
were printed with the incorrect index. We apologize for this
mistake and have posted the final index for your convenience."
Since his arrival in New York in 1961, Bob Dylan has always been
something of a mystery. He has worn a variety of masks that have
delighted, puzzled, amused, and angered his many audiences. He has
been poet, rocker, preacher, trickster, and prophet, and he has
filled all these personas with songs and different voices.
Nonetheless, Dylan has always been perceived as an authentic
artist. Andrea Cossu brings the making of Bob Dylan to center stage
in this new book, which offers a strikingly fresh explanation of
Dylan and the changes he made throughout his career. Cossu s
enjoyable descriptions of key Dylan performances show us how Dylan
created his authenticity through performance, and how the many
attempts to make Bob Dylan have often involved the interaction
between the artist, his public image, and his many
audiences.Touching on four different periods and tours from his
first days in Greenwich Village to his electric turn at Newport,
from the Rolling Thunder Revue and Dylan s born-again years to his
late career the book offers a striking vision of how Dylan built
his image and learned to live with its burden, painting a unique
and coherent new portrait of the artist. A select number of books
were printed with the incorrect index. We apologize for this
mistake and have posted the final index for your convenience."
This book provides a comprehensive profile of the development of
sociology in Italy from the post-war period to the present day. The
first English-language account of the history of Italian sociology,
it focuses on the process of institutionalization of the discipline
within the Italian university system and its changing relationships
with extra-academic actors and institutions: political parties,
unions, the Catholic Church, political and social movements, as
well as local and national governments. Arranged chronologically
across eight chapters, it presents all major steps in the
development of the discipline in a theoretically-informed but
accessible way. The authors explore the pioneering phase of the
1950s to the establishment of the first academic chairs in the
1960s, from the student revolts of 1968 to the creation of the
first sociological association in the 1980s and up to the present
day. It will appeal to social science and history scholars and
students, as well as readers interested in the history of
Contemporary Italy.
The Rolling Stones: Sociological Perspectives, edited by Helmut
Staubmann, draws from a broad spectrum of sociological perspectives
to contribute both to the understanding of the phenomenon of the
Rolling Stones and to an in-depth analysis of contemporary society
and culture that takes The Stones a starting point. Contributors
approach The Rolling Stones from a range of social science
perspectives including cultural studies, communication and film
studies, gender studies, and the sociology of popular music. The
essays in this volume focus on the question of how the worldwide
success of The Rolling Stones over the course of more than half a
century reflects society and the transformation of popular culture.
The Rolling Stones: Sociological Perspectives, edited by Helmut
Staubmann, draws from a broad spectrum of sociological perspectives
to contribute both to the understanding of the phenomenon Rolling
Stones and to an in-depth analysis of contemporary society and
culture that takes The Stones a starting point. Contributors
approach The Rolling Stones from a range of social science
perspectives including cultural studies, communication and film
studies, gender studies, and the sociology of popular music. The
essays in this volume focus on the question of how the worldwide
success of The Rolling Stones over the course of more than half a
century reflects society and the transformation of popular culture.
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