Sociology and Art: An Interview with Howard S. Becker. Issue 1 (5th January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lu, Wenchao
• Is Part Of: Symbolic interaction. Volume 38:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 127
• Page End: 150
• Publication Date: 2015-01-05
• Subjects: Symbolic interactionism -- Periodicals; Interactionnisme symbolique -- Périodiques; 302
• DOI: 10.1002/symb.139
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6086

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="symb139-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="symb139-para-0002">This is an interview with Howard S. Becker, and the focus is sociology and art. In this interview, Howard S. Becker talked about many interesting and important topics such as his sociological lineage, his difference with the estheticians Arthur Danto and George Dickie, traditional sociologist of art such as Lukacs and Goldmann, his Tactile Art Group, the universality of his art worlds, Richard A. Peterson and his production of culture perspective, the sociology of "sociology of art" in America, French sociologists of art, and his own art life, and so on.</p> </abstract>