Symbolic power in cultural contexts : : uncovering social reality /

Symbolic power in cultural contexts : : uncovering social reality / / edited by Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen, University of Joensuu, Finland.

Culture and power are among the most passionately argued concepts and ideas in the field of social sciences. In this book the relation between culture and power is examined through the concept of symbolic power. The essays in this multifaceted book examine the past and present forms of symbolic powe...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Houtsonen, Jarmo,
Antikainen, Ari,
Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen
  • Introduction / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen
  • Symbolic Power as a Critical Concept / Martti Siisiäinen
  • The Family as a Social Institution: Struggles Over Legitimate Representations of Reality / Remi Lenoir
  • “Me, I Say ... ”: The Social Authority of the ‘I’ / Louis Pinto
  • Territorial Stigmatization in the Age of Advanced Marginality / Loïc Wacquant
  • European Statehood in Transition / Max Koch
  • Giving Children a Voice: CHildhood, Power and Culture / Jo Moran-Ellis and Heinz Sünker
  • Power, State and Education: Restructuring the Nordic Model / Ari Antikainen
  • Welfare State Restructuring in Finland and the Accomodation of Schools to Changing Educational Institutions / Jarmo Houtsonen
  • Language and Minorites in the European Context / Giovanna Campani
  • A Gendered Religious Habitus Takes Root in the Body of Russian Immigrant Girls in Israel / Tamar Rapoport and Elena Neiterman
  • Son Preference Culture and Female Children’s Empowerment in China / Wen Wang
  • Cultural Conditions for Finnish Fashion in the Early 21st Century / Sinikka Ruohonen and Jarmo Houtsonen
  • Moving On: Alterning Habitus / Carmel Desmarchelier
  • Tangier as a Meeting Place for North African and European Cultures During the Time of the Last Sultans of Morocco / Kirsti Suolinna and Tommy Lahtinen
  • The Nature and Types of Indian Intellectuals: Preliminary Observations / Raj Mohan
  • Bringing Diasporas to Market: Leveraging Talent (and Patriotism) for Nation's Economies / Susan L. Robertson
  • Contributors / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen
  • Index / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen.

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