TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Jeffrey C. TI - The meanings of social life: a cultural sociology SN - 9780199944156 (ebook) : AV - HM585 .A5 2003 U1 - 301 23 PY - 2003/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Sociology KW - Prejudices KW - Culture KW - Violence N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Jeffrey Alexander argues for a cultural sociology that will bring unconscious cultural structures into the broad light of day. Exposing our everyday myths and narratives in a series of empirical studies that range from Watergate to the Holocaust, he shows how these unseen yet potent cultural structures translate into concrete actions and institutions UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195160840.001.0001 ER -