Being Sociological

by West-Newman, Catherine Lane; Matthewman, Steve; Curtis, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780230005235
• ISBN10: 0230005233
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Being Sociological is a concise and original thematic introduction to sociology that will help lecturers inspire their students and act as a springboard into the wider literature. Organized around twenty ways of existing and acting in the world, such as " seeing, " " believing, " " educating, " " doing, " it covers all the key areas of study required at first year and equips students for seeing the world through sociological eyes.

Author Biography

STEVE MATTHEWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is an established writer and teacher in Sociology, with specific interests in science and technology, social theory, cultural studies and modernity and its discontents. His most recent publication, with Bell, is Cultural Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand: Identity, Space and Place (Oxford University Press, 2004).

CATHERINE LANE WEST-NEWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the author of a wealth of books and articles in the field of sociological studies, with specific interests in the connections between law and social justice, the sociology of emotions and visual culture.

BRUCE CURTIS is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His particular research interests include work, technology and careers. He is the editor of Gambling in New Zealand (2002).

Table of Contents

On Being Sociological

Doing Research

Modernizing

Working

Consuming

Trading

Stratifying: Class

Governing: Power

Racializing

Gendering

Sexualising

Being: Identity

Feeling: Emotions

Believing: Religion

Educating

Straying: Deviance

Mediating: Technology

Informing: Media

Relating: Family

Belonging: Community

Finishing

Glossary

On Being Sociological

Doing Research

Modernizing

Working

Consuming

Trading

Stratifying: Class

Governing: Power

Racializing

Gendering

Sexualising

Being: Identity

Feeling: Emotions

Believing: Religion

Educating

Straying: Deviance

Mediating: Technology

Informing: Media

Relating: Family

Belonging: Community

Finishing

Glossary

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