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Notes on contributors; Preface; The new American cultural sociology: anintroduction Philip Smith; Part I. Culture as Text and Code: Introduction; 1.Textuality and the postmodern turn in sociological theory Richard HarveyBrown; 2. The computer as sacred and profane Jeffrey C. Alexander; 3. AIDSand the discursive construction of homosexuality Steven Seidman; 4.Fundamentalism and liberalism in public religious discourse Robert Wuthnow;5. Analytic and concrete forms of the autonomy of culture Anne Kane; Part II.The Production and Reception of Culture: Introduction: 6. The reception ofDerrida's work in France and America Michele Lamont; 7. Censorship, audiencesand the Victorian nude Nicola Beisel; 8. The devil, social change andJacobean theatre Wendy Griswold; 9. Victorian women writers and the prestigeof the novel Gaye Tuchman and Nina Fortin; 10. The ambiguous and contestedmeanings of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Robin Wagner-Pacifici and BarrySchwartz; Part III. Culture in Action: Introduction: 11. Culture and socialaction Ann Swidler; 12. Culture, structure, agency and transformationWilliam H. Sewell Jr; 13. Discourse, nuclear power and collective actionWilliam A. Gamson; 14. Moral boundaries, leisure activities and justifyingfun Gary Alan Fine; 15. Honour and conflict management in corporate lifeCalvin Morrill; 16. The role of cultural capital in school success PaulDiMaggio; Index.