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The Production of Culture Perspective in Historical Research: Integrating the Production, Meaning and Reception of Symbolic Objects
Abstract Historians have analyzed films, novels, records, theater plays etc. primarily in reference to their meaning and reception. This article makes a case for moving the focus to the actors, structures and processes that shape symbolic objects before these are consumed. To this end, we present a framework... mehr
Historians have analyzed films, novels, records, theater plays etc. primarily in reference to their meaning and reception. This article makes a case for moving the focus to the actors, structures and processes that shape symbolic objects before these are consumed. To this end, we present a framework established in US sociology to study the fabrication, distribution and evaluation of symbolic content. We discuss the production of culture perspective as an approach that appears to be particularly useful for historical research and, by reviewing selected works from the sociological literature, demonstrate how this perspective can be applied to phenomena like popular music and literary fiction. We focus on genres as bundles of conventions as one lens through which historians may analyze the creation, reproduction, evaluation and consumption of culture.... weniger
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Kommunikationswissenschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
Wirtschaft; Kultur; Musik; Medien; Pop; Materielle Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2013
Seitenangabe
S. 89-100
Zeitschriftentitel
Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History, 10 (2013) 1
Heftthema
Offenes Heft
ISSN
1612-6033
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)