Interpreting subcultures: approaching, contextualizing, and embodying sense-making practices in alternative cultures

• Type: Book
• Date: 2024

Authors

Williams, J. Patrick (Author) Other

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Bristol

Other information

DOI: 10.2307/jj.9421085

Abstract (EN): The concept of ’subculture’ is an invaluable tool to frame the study of non-normative and marginal cultures for social and cultural scholars. This international collection uncovers the significance of meaning-making in the processes of defining, studying and analysing subcultural phenomena. Examining various dimensions of interpretivism, the book focuses on overarching concerns related to interpretation as well as day-to-day considerations that affect researchers’ and members’ interpretations of subcultural phenomena. It reveals how and why people use specific conceptual frames or methods and how those shape their interpretations of everyday realities. This is an unprecedented contribution to the field, explaining the interpretive processes through which people make sense of subcultural phenomena.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Planned Publication: February 20, 2024

No. of pages: 256

ISBN: 978-1-5292-1864-0

Collection: Interpretive lenses in sociology