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Vocabularies of Public Life: Empirical Essays in Symbolic Structure

Vocabularies of Public Life: Empirical Essays in Symbolic Structure

Wuthnow, Robert

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Revivals

General ReferenceLinguisticsGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1032383798
ISBN13: 9781032383798
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 30 2022
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

First published in 1992, Vocabularies of Public Life explores the revolution that has taken place in our understanding of contemporary culture and decodes a number of the symbols which now dominate public life. Wuthnow divides the essays collected here into three distinct 'vocabularies.' Part I examines the ways in which religious and scientific languages function as vocabularies of conviction in public life, Part II focuses on music and art as vocabularies of expression, and Part III considers law, ideology, and public policy as vocabularies of persuasion. The contributors discuss such diverse subjects as American spiritualism, the syntax of modern dance and the social contexts of number one songs. What unifies the book is the common concern with the concrete, everyday manifestations of culture and the importance of understanding its basic structure. This book will be of interest to specialists and scholars of various disciplines such as linguistics, literature, media studies, popular culture, and sociology.

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