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Handbook of Culture and Social Networks
This forward-thinking Handbook explores two major research strands in the fast-developing field of culture and network analysis: the underlying social networks of culture and the cultural bases of social networks.
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This forward-thinking Handbook explores two major research strands in the fast-developing field of culture and network analysis: the underlying social networks of culture and the cultural bases of social networks.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, editors Nick Crossley and Paul Widdop bring together world-leading academics working on the culture-networks interface. The Handbook of Culture and Social Networks outlines theoretical foundations, applies network theory to varying acts and forms of culture, and brings into focus the question of social and relational meaning itself. Presenting empirical data, simulated network studies and first-person experiences, chapter authors develop nuanced social network analyses to help us understand the ways in which we experience and exist in society.
This Handbook is an invaluable resource for students and academics working in cultural sociology, social networks and sociological theory. Exploring social networks in a variety of different cultural contexts, it will also appeal to researchers and practitioners in the arts and humanities.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, editors Nick Crossley and Paul Widdop bring together world-leading academics working on the culture-networks interface. The Handbook of Culture and Social Networks outlines theoretical foundations, applies network theory to varying acts and forms of culture, and brings into focus the question of social and relational meaning itself. Presenting empirical data, simulated network studies and first-person experiences, chapter authors develop nuanced social network analyses to help us understand the ways in which we experience and exist in society.
This Handbook is an invaluable resource for students and academics working in cultural sociology, social networks and sociological theory. Exploring social networks in a variety of different cultural contexts, it will also appeal to researchers and practitioners in the arts and humanities.
Critical Acclaim
‘Social networks link the individual and the collective, but contextually so. This amazing collection of authors explores many contexts in which networks shape, and are shaped by, culture. A most meaningful read.’
– Ulrik Brandes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
‘This innovative Handbook advances cultural sociology through a network perspective. Its studies of the social worlds of cultural and leisure activities – music, film, theatre, art, and photography, plus science, sport, and festivals – are complemented by theoretical reflections on the traditional sociology of knowledge temporal dynamics, and the communicative flow of meanings. It is an essential guide for those interested in social network analysis, cultural sociology, and theoretical sociology.’
– John Scott CBE, Universities of Plymouth, Leicester, Essex and Strathclyde University, UK
– Ulrik Brandes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
‘This innovative Handbook advances cultural sociology through a network perspective. Its studies of the social worlds of cultural and leisure activities – music, film, theatre, art, and photography, plus science, sport, and festivals – are complemented by theoretical reflections on the traditional sociology of knowledge temporal dynamics, and the communicative flow of meanings. It is an essential guide for those interested in social network analysis, cultural sociology, and theoretical sociology.’
– John Scott CBE, Universities of Plymouth, Leicester, Essex and Strathclyde University, UK
