Difference between revisions of "Howard S. Becker"

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* "Photography and Sociology", ''Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication, 1, 1974:3–26.
 
* "Photography and Sociology", ''Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication, 1, 1974:3–26.
 
* [[File:Howard_S._Becker_-_Art_Photography_in_America_1975.pdf|"Art Photography in America"]], ''Journal of Communication'', 25 (Winter, 1975):74–84.
 
* [[File:Howard_S._Becker_-_Art_Photography_in_America_1975.pdf|"Art Photography in America"]], ''Journal of Communication'', 25 (Winter, 1975):74–84.
* [[File:Howard_S._Becker_-_Photographic_strategies_1977.pdf|"Photographic strategies"]], ''Society'', vol. 14, no.2, 1977:85-87
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* "[[File:Howard_S._Becker_-_Photographic_strategies_1977.pdf|"Photographic strategies"]]", ''Society'', vol. 14, no.2, 1977:85-87.
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* "Categories and Comparisons: How We Find Meaning in Photographs", ''Visual Anthropology'', vol. 14, no. 2, 1998:3-10.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/
 
* http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/
 
* http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/vita.html
 
* http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/vita.html

Revision as of 14:41, 29 January 2014

Howard Saul Becker (born April 18, 1928) is an American sociologist who has made major contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. Before becoming a sociologist, Becker was a photographer and a piano jazz player.

Literature

Books (selection)
  • Art Worlds, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.
  • with Robert R. Faulkner, Do You Know . . . ? The Jazz Repertoire in Action, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Articles (selection)

Links