American sociology is in the midst of a cultural turn. Where sociologists once spurned culture, today they embrace and explore it, seeking to understand the construction of social forms and the way ...

Out of the ideas of these thinkers evolved the major schools of modern sociology, in particular Structural-Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, Neo-Marxism, and Neo-Weberian theories of modernity.

Venturing across the Pacific Ocean, one encounters the rich tapestry of the Polynesians tattoo culture, where intricate patterns served as both a testament to identity and their societal standing, ...

The course encompasses three themes - culture, politics and collectivity - and seeks to carve out different relations between them. It gives an introduction to selected theories and empirical research ...

Artist Mark Bradford discusses his process and sources of inspiration, as well as his work’s relation to politics and postmodernism. ART21: Do you think of your work as ... You look at a sign and you ...

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Why is English national identity so enigmatic and so elusive ... combining subtlety in its synthesis of an enormous range of sources with careful but definite conclusions … an instance of historical ...

Using microdata on individuals’ names and migration decisions, we quantify identity change and its variation across space. We develop and estimate a quantitative spatial model in which migration and ...

This study analyzes how urban youth in Chengdu, China, experiences and expresses family and cultural identity through the Spring Festival, in the context of modernization, globalization, and the ...