Description
| Product ID: | 9781032383798 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Title: | Vocabularies of Public Life |
| Subtitle: | Empirical Essays in Symbolic Structure |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Wuthnow |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism, Society and culture: general, Sociology, Discourse analysis, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Literature: history & criticism, Society & culture: general, Sociology |
| Description: | 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-30 |
