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Description: Iconic Power by J. Alexander, D. Bartmanski, B. Giesen 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University, USADominik Bartma?ski, Yale University, USAGottfried Boehm, Basel University, SwitzerlandHans Belting, Northwestern University, USAFuyuki Kurasawa, York University, CanadaWendy Bowler, LaTrobe University, AustraliaWerner Binder, Masaryk University, Czech RepublicPhilip Smith, Yale University, USAIan Woodward, Griffith University, AustraliaDavid Ellison, Griffith University, AustraliaDaniel uber, University of Lucerne, SwitzerlandSlobodan Karamani?, Ljubljana Graduate School of the Humanities, SloveniaValentin Rauer, Goethe University Frankfurt Main, GermanyBernhard Giesen, Universität Konstanz, GermanyJulia Sonnevend, Columbia University, USAPiotr Sztompka, Jagiellonian University, Poland Table of Contents Materiality and Meaning in Social Life: Toward an Iconic Turn in Cultural Sociology; D.Bartmanski & J.Alexander PART I Representation, Presentation, Presence: Tracing the Homo Pictor; G.Boehm Iconic Power and Performance: the Role of the Critic; J.Alexander PART II Inconspicuous Revolutions of 1989. Culture and Contingency in The Making of Political Icons; D.Bartmanski The Making of Humanitarian Visual Icons. On the 1921-1923 Russian Famine as Foundational Event; F.Kurasawa Seeing Tragedy in the News Images of September 11; W.Bowler The Emergence of Iconic Depth. Secular Icons in a Comparative Perspective; W.Binder PART III Shifting Extremism: On the Political Iconology in Post-socialist Serbia; D.Šuber & S.Karamanic The Visualization of Uncertainty: HIV Statistics in Public Media; V.Rauer How To Make an Iconic Commodity: The Case of Penfolds Grange Wine; I.Woodward & D.Ellison Becoming Iconic. The Cases of Woodstock and Bayreuth; P.Smith PART IV Body and Image; H.Belting Iconic Difference and Seduction; B.Giesen Iconic Rituals. Towards a Social Theory of Encountering Images; J.Sonnevend Visible Meanings; P.Sztompka Afterword; B.Giesen Review Iconic Power is the strongest theoretical statement to yet come out of the Strong Program in Cultural Sociology. Arguably, more than any other trope, including those of ritual and performance, the concept of iconicity promises to break free of the economistic, linguistic and other kinds of reductionisms that plague the cultural sciences. This fine volume contains both theoretical expositions on how pictorial icons do their cultural work, as well as applied analyses of phenomena such as 9/11, images of famines, Woodstock and Bayreuth as iconic events, expensive Australian red wines and the political iconography of Post-Communist Eastern Europe. If cultural sociology is to have a vibrant future and not repeat the mistakes of the past then in Iconic Power: Materiality and Meaning in Social Life practitioners have a handbook on how to approach the distinctive character of the visual and other non-discursive symbols. - Eduardo de la Fuente, Sociology, Flinders University; author of Twentieth Century Music and the Question of ModernityRanging in its coverage from the events of 9/11 to images of HIV, and from the revolutions of 1989 to cult wines, this book systematically unpacks the tremendous importance of icons in social life. Both a striking contribution to visual sociology, and a powerful manifesto for new directions in cultural sociology, Iconic Power is fascinating reading for everyone interested in the seductive potency of iconography. - David Inglis,Head of Department, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen Long Description Iconic Power is a collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. What counts as iconic in late modern society? How do icons work? What exactly makes an image, object, or person iconic? Why should we care about icons? These are among the central questions of this volume. From elite wine brands to popular music festivals, from the Berlin Wall to the Abu Ghraib scandal, the contributors to this volume discuss the cultural biographies of various iconic images and events. They show that icons seduce and shock, and that the iconosphere can represent at once the richness and the poverty of culture, its superficiality as well as its depth. Each contribution to this book carefully tests the analytic purchase and empirical implications of iconicity. If we can succeed in understanding the iconic, we will better understand our culture and we will significantly extend the scope of cultural sociology. Review Quote "Iconic Power is the strongest theoretical statement to yet come out of the Strong Program in Cultural Sociology. Arguably, more than any other trope, including those of ritual and performance, the concept of iconicity promises to break free of the economistic, linguistic, and other kinds of reductionisms that plague the cultural sciences. This fine volume contains both theoretical expositions on how pictorial icons do their cultural work, as well as applied analyses of phenomena such as 9/11, images of famines, Woodstock and Bayreuth as iconic events, expensive Australian red wines, and the political iconography of post-communist Eastern Europe. If cultural sociology is to have a vibrant future - and not repeat the mistakes of the past - then in Iconic Power practitioners have a handbook on how to approach the distinctive character of the visual and other non-discursive symbols." - Eduardo de la Fuente, Lecturer in Sociology, Flinders University of South Australia; Author, Twentieth Century Music and the Question of Modernity."Ranging in its coverage from the events of 9/11 to images of HIV, and from the revolutions of 1989 to cult wines, this book systematically unpacks the tremendous importance of icons in social life. Both a striking contribution to visual sociology and a powerful manifesto for new directions in cultural sociology, Iconic Power is fascinating reading for everyone interested in the seductive potency of iconography." - David Inglis, Head of the Sociology Department, University of Aberdeen, Scotland Description for Bookstore The methods and themes taken up in these studies respond to this shift in social scientific interest. Each contribution carefully tests the analytic purchase and empirical implications of iconicity Details ISBN1137375965 Year 2013 ISBN-10 1137375965 ISBN-13 9781137375964 Media Book Format Paperback Series Cultural Sociology Language English DEWEY 306.4 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Materiality and Meaning in Social Life Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 262 Short Title ICONIC POWER 2012/E Edition Description 2012 DOI 10.1057/9781137012869 AU Release Date 2013-12-10 NZ Release Date 2013-12-10 UK Release Date 2013-12-10 Illustrations 10 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 262 p. 10 illus. Edited by B. Giesen Author B. Giesen Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date 2013-12-10 Alternative 9780230340053 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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