In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine womens work in the home. She interviewed 40 urban housewives and analysed their perceptions of housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to...(展开全部)

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine womens work in the home. She interviewed 40 urban housewives and analysed their perceptions of housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to...(展开全部)

Ann Oakley analysed the perceptions of 40 urban housewives around housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to different household tasks. This classic book paved the way for the sociological study of many more aspects of women’s lives.

Translated by Ephraim Fischoff With a new Foreword by Ann Swidler

Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The book synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology, and provides empirical examples as well as stimulating exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Case studies of art works are from both ends of the cultural s...(展开全部)

Raymond Williams helped to establish the field of cultural sociology with "Marxism and Literature" and "Culture and Society." Continuing the work of those studies, "The Sociology of Culture" offers debate on the origin and evolution of culture. It defines sociology of culture as a convergence of various fields and explores ways in which culture is socially mediated. "A histori...(展开全部)

<STRONG>The Sociology of Childhood</STRONG> is the <STRONG>Second Edition</STRONG> of a text that has been universally acclaimed as the best book on the subject available today. It is the only text that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective. The second edition retains the same quality coverage of social theories of childhood, the consideration...(展开全部)

This new edition of "the only text" that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, children s peer cultures, and the social problems experienced by children. Throughout the book, the author s original research and the compelling photographs and vivid illustrations bring the topics to life.

威廉·A．科萨罗是美国印第安纳大学社会学专业讲席教授，1988年曾获得美国总统颁发的杰出教学奖。他主讲《童年社会学》、《当代社会的童年》、《民族志研究方法》等课程，主要研究兴趣是童年社会学、儿童同辈文化、教育社会学和民族志研究方法。他曾先后出版过《人生早期的友谊与同辈文化》（1985年）、《是的，我们是朋友：儿童的文化世界》（2003年）等专著。1983-1984年，他在意大利博洛尼亚做富尔布莱特高级研究人员；2003年在挪威特隆赫姆做富尔布莱特高级专家。他的研究曾经被美国国家公共电台、英国国家广播公司和美国知识、文艺类杂志《纽约客》等著名媒体广泛介绍和报道。

Theodor Adorno is a widely-studied figure, but most often with regard to his work on cultural theory, philosophy and aesthetics. The Sociology of Theodor Adorno provides the first thorough English-language account of Adorno's sociological thinking. Matthias Benzer reads Adorno's sociology through six major themes: the problem of conceptualising capitalist society; empirical res...(展开全部)