{"title":"Photo Elicitation and the Sociology of Taste: A Review of the Field, Empirical Illustrations, Arguments for A “Return to Photography”","authors":"Anders Vassenden, Merete Jonvik","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1834464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1834464","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The recent flourishing of visual methods is not mirrored in studies of taste. This paper engages with photo elicitation (PE), which Bourdieu applied in Distinction, but never elaborated on. We conducted systematic photo-interviewing in arts, fiction and architecture. After reviewing the relevant literature, we highlight illustrative findings and discuss the potential of PE. In studies of taste, PE helps in bridging “social worlds”, and can unveil class-based repertoires for understanding culture. It provides entry to tacit knowledge, and aids comparisons. Importantly, when two methods, PE and oral interviewing, are used in combination, this significantly helps substantiate our findings.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"63 1","pages":"154 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1834464","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48213103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I Want to Reclaim Christianity”: Boundary Work among Inclusive Christians","authors":"Laura M. Krull","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1811175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1811175","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Members of religious groups in the United States engage in boundary work to maintain distinct identities, but we know little about how inclusive Christians navigate the exclusionary aspects of boundary work. Drawing on one year of participant observation at a liberal congregation and twenty-six interviews, I find that congregants develop three strategies for boundary work that reflect their inclusive identity. I argue that this boundary work reflects the congregation’s high social class, thus reinforcing the underlying social boundary of class. This research extends our understanding of boundary work in congregations and further elucidates how churches may contribute to inequality.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"62 1","pages":"712 - 733"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1811175","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46286124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sharing the Same Space: How the Memory of the Holocaust Travels in Political Speech","authors":"Tracy Adams","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1797597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1797597","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this research I examine how collective memory travels in political speech. I qualitatively analyze how the memory of the Holocaust is deployed in non-commemorative settings across three national contexts: Israel, Germany, and the US. Findings demonstrate how the memory of the Holocaust is selectively presented and rearranged to support a domestic agenda. Ever-expanding transnationalization has thus heightened interconnectivity, enabling the memory of the Holocaust to travel over and beyond traditional settings. It has also admitted memories from beyond the border into the national context of public sense-making through speech. Discussing implications for theory and scholarship, I argue that the social construction of memories as transnationalized entities, and their importation via political speech holds within it a socially-charged question, namely, to whom does this memory belong?","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"63 1","pages":"247 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1797597","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47962507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Link to the Past: Race, Lynchings, and the Passage of Stand-Your-Ground Laws","authors":"Jonathan Dirlam, Trent Steidley, David Jacobs","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1806757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1806757","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT What social and political factors explain the presence of Stand-Your-Ground (SYG) laws in US. states? This paper assesses the influence of crime and violence prevalence, minority threat theory, and self-help theory on SYG law adoption using discrete-time event-history analysis. Our findings indicate that these laws are linked to a violent vigilante and racially animus past. We also find evidence for minority threat theory with minority presence positively associated with SYG law adoption.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"62 1","pages":"690 - 711"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1806757","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41679984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“We Know What They’re Going Through”: Social Support from Similar versus Significant Others","authors":"P. Thoits","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1802360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1802360","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Stress research overlooks the possible importance of similar-other support – assistance from people experienced with an individual’s stressor. Theoretically, similar-other support should provide distinct types of aid and be more valued than significant-other support because it closely addresses challenges that a distressed person faces. Peer supporters (N = 84) were interviewed about help from significant- vs. similar-others from two standpoints, as support recipients when hospitalized for cardiac procedures, and as support providers to current heart patients. From both standpoints, similar-other assistance was described as different and more helpful. The relative contributions of these support sources to distressed individuals’ well-being deserve future examination.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"62 1","pages":"643 - 664"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1802360","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43405329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Coming Majority-Minority State?: Media Coverage of U.S. Census Projections, Demographic Threat, and the Construction of Racial Boundaries","authors":"Deenesh Sohoni","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1792810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1792810","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study analyzes media coverage of Census Bureau projections showing that the U.S. will become a majority-minority state by mid-century. I argue that the mismatch between the racial/ethnic categories used by the media in their coverage of Census projections, and the official government categories used by the Census, help construct social boundaries around “whiteness” that allows for growth of minority populations to be presented as a challenge for “American” society. I contend that media portrayals of Census projections can influence public perceptions of the racial/ethnic composition of the U.S., thus impacting political attitudes and voting behavior among the U.S. populace.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"63 1","pages":"94 - 113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1792810","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46625182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Status Politics and the Political Influences of Concealed Handgun License Demand in Texas","authors":"Trent Steidley, Danielle Trujillo","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1803157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1803157","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Do political dynamics inform concealed handguns demand better than crime levels? In this study we argue and find support for the idea that handgun demand is a product of status politics, displays of political symbolism in response to real or perceived threats to those supporting gun rights and conservative values. We also compare this argument with previous explanations of handgun demand such as crime rates and racial demographics. We find locations supporting conservative political views do have greater rates of CHL applications during moments when status politics were most likely while less support is found for criminal justice predictors.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"62 1","pages":"665 - 689"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1803157","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49016144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TSQ Editor’s Farewell","authors":"N. P. Unnithan, Michael G. Lacy","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1825754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1825754","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"61 1","pages":"609 - 610"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1825754","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48870203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Collective Construction of Need: Group Styles of Determining Deservingness in Christian Social Service Agencies","authors":"Daniel Bolger","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1788468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1788468","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Research finds that faith-based organizations (FBOs) serve highly disadvantaged populations, but few studies explore how such organizations decide who is deserving of assistance. Drawing on 12 months of observation and 24 interviews at two FBOs in neighborhoods with different poverty rates, I find that agency members circumscribe conceptions of who “needs” assistance based on stories of people who take advantage of services. These stories undergird group styles of service provision that differ in their emphasis on leniency or stringency but share the goal of deterring less-than-needy clients. The group styles demonstrate how informal practices shape resource distribution within FBOs.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"63 1","pages":"74 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1788468","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45049219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Significance of Race: Overcoming Obstacles in the Adoption of Ban the Box Laws","authors":"Eric G. LaPlant, Michael Vuolo","doi":"10.1080/00380253.2020.1787905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1787905","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using mixed-methods guided by social movements and racial threat literatures, we examine advocacy and passage of “Ban-the-Box” policies removing criminal history inquiries from employment applications. Our content analysis reveals that organizations integral to passage centered their identity around racial justice, coalition-building, and addressing harms of the criminal justice system. Event history analyses among cities, counties, and states shows opportunities (larger Black populations, urbanicity, Black mayor, prior in-state passages) and impediments to passage (conservativism, White-Black unemployment gap). Together, they highlight factors regarding success of a policy designed to address racial inequality and restore opportunity to jobseekers affected by mass incarceration.","PeriodicalId":48007,"journal":{"name":"Sociological Quarterly","volume":"62 1","pages":"570 - 593"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00380253.2020.1787905","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48743139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}