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Iconic power
materiality and meaning in social life
Abstract
A collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits and realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons.
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materiality and meaning in social life
pp.1-12
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_1tracing the homo pictor
pp.15-23
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_2the role of the critic
pp.25-35
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_3culture and contingency in the making of political icons
pp.39-65
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_4on the 1921–1923 Russian famine as foundational event
pp.67-84
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_5secular icons in a comparative perspective
pp.101-116
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_7on the political iconology in contemporary Serbia
pp.119-138
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_8HIV statistics in public media
pp.139-154
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_9the case of Penfolds' Grange wine
pp.155-169
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_10the cases of Woodstock and Bayreuth
pp.171-183
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_11towards a social theory of encountering images
pp.219-232
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012869_14Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 2012
Pages: 262
Series: Cultural Sociology
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-34262-4
ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-01286-9
Full citation:
Alexander Jeffrey C., Bartmański Dominik, Giesen Bernhard (2012) Iconic power: materiality and meaning in social life. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.