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We take reputations for granted. Believing in the bad and the good natures of our notorious or illustrious forebears is part of our shared national heritage. Yet we are largely ignorant of how such reputations came to be, who was instrumental in creating them, and why. Even less have we considered how villains, just as much as heroes, have helped our society define its values.
Presenting essays on America's most reviled traitor, its worst president, and its most controversial literary ingénue (Benedict Arnold, Warren G. Harding, and Lolita), among others, sociologist Gary Alan Fine analyzes negative, contested, and subcultural reputations. Difficult Reputations offers eight compelling historical case studies as well as a theoretical introduction situating the complex roles in culture and history that negative reputations play.
Arguing the need for understanding real conditions that lead to proposed interpretations, as well as how reputations are given meaning over time, this book marks an important contribution to the sociologies of culture and knowledge.
Presenting essays on America's most reviled traitor, its worst president, and its most controversial literary ingénue (Benedict Arnold, Warren G. Harding, and Lolita), among others, sociologist Gary Alan Fine analyzes negative, contested, and subcultural reputations. Difficult Reputations offers eight compelling historical case studies as well as a theoretical introduction situating the complex roles in culture and history that negative reputations play.
Arguing the need for understanding real conditions that lead to proposed interpretations, as well as how reputations are given meaning over time, this book marks an important contribution to the sociologies of culture and knowledge.
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We take reputations for granted. Believing in the bad and the good natures of our notorious or illustrious forebears is part of our shared national heritage. Yet we are largely ignorant of how such reputations came to be, who was instrumental in creating them, and why. Even less have we considered how villains, just as much as heroes, have helped our society define its values. Presenting essays on Fatty Arbuckle, Herman Melville, Benedict Arnold, Warren Harding, John Brown, Sinclair Lewis, Henry Ford, and Vladimir Nabokov, Gary Fine explores the complex roles in culture and history that difficult reputations play.
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To uncover the values for which a society stands, one need only look at its heroes and at the mechanisms through which those heroes are commemorated and celebrated (Goode 1978; Klapp 1962; Schwartz 1982, 1987). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reputational entrepreneurs, reputational field, cautious naturalism, melting supporters, contested reputations, narrative facility, difficult reputations, parasocial interaction, partisan warriors, social problems theory, moral entrepreneurs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Sauk Centre, John Brown, Main Street, Henry Ford, Sinclair Lewis, Benedict Arnold, San Francisco, Harpers Ferry, Young America, United States, University of Chicago Press, American Sociological Review, Ford Motor Company, Moby Dick, Gopher Prairie, George Washington, Literary Digest, Los Angeles Times, Teapot Dome, Warren Harding, Free Press, Gary Alan, New England, Chamber of Commerce New!
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To uncover the values for which a society stands, one need only look at its heroes and at the mechanisms through which those heroes are commemorated and celebrated (Goode 1978; Klapp 1962; Schwartz 1982, 1987). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reputational entrepreneurs, reputational field, cautious naturalism, melting supporters, contested reputations, narrative facility, difficult reputations, parasocial interaction, partisan warriors, social problems theory, moral entrepreneurs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Sauk Centre, John Brown, Main Street, Henry Ford, Sinclair Lewis, Benedict Arnold, San Francisco, Harpers Ferry, Young America, United States, University of Chicago Press, American Sociological Review, Ford Motor Company, Moby Dick, Gopher Prairie, George Washington, Literary Digest, Los Angeles Times, Teapot Dome, Warren Harding, Free Press, Gary Alan, New England, Chamber of Commerce New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Everyday Genius: Self-Taught Art and the Culture of Authenticity by Gary Alan Fine in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition by Karen Cerulo in Back Matter
- Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition by Karen Cerulo in Back Matter
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