Ann Swidler

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Ann Swidler is an American sociologist known for her influential work on culture, including the concept of culture as a "tool kit" of symbols, stories, and practices that people use to construct strategies of action.

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instanceOf American sociologist
human
sociologist
authorOf Inequality by Design
Organization Without Authority
Talk of Love: How Culture Matters
coAuthorWith Claude S. Fischer
Karl Ulrich Mayer NERFINISHED
Michael Hout
Neil J. Smelser
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
employer University of California, Berkeley
fieldOfWork cultural sociology
sociology
sociology of culture
hasAcademicDiscipline cultural theory
sociology
hasGender female
hasResearchInterest culture and action
inequality and culture
institutions and culture
love and intimate relationships
methodology in cultural sociology
influenced cultural sociology
theories of practice in sociology
influencedBy Max Weber
Pierre Bourdieu
Talcott Parsons
knownFor concept of culture as a tool kit of symbols, stories, and practices
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Sociological Association
notableFor contributions to cultural sociology
theory of culture as a tool kit
work on culture and action
notableWork Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies
occupation professor
theoreticalContribution distinction between settled and unsettled cultural periods
emphasis on culture as shaping strategies of action rather than discrete values
workLocation Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California

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Robert N. Bellah coAuthor Ann Swidler
Habits of the Heart author Ann Swidler
The Good Society author Ann Swidler
Richard Madsen coAuthor Ann Swidler