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| − | '''Howard Saul Becker''' ( | + | '''Howard Saul Becker''' (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. |
| − | == | + | ==Works== |
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| + | * with Blanche Geer, Everett C. Hughes and Anselm Strauss, [[Media:Becker_Howard_Geer_Blanche_Hughes_Everett_Boys_in_White_Student_Culture_in_Medical_School_1992.pdf|''Boys in White: Student Culture in Medical School'']], Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961; 1977; 1992. | ||
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* [[Media:Becker_Howard_Outsiders_Studies_In_The_Sociogy_Of_Deviance_1963.pdf|''Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance'']], New York: The Free Press, 1963. | * [[Media:Becker_Howard_Outsiders_Studies_In_The_Sociogy_Of_Deviance_1963.pdf|''Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance'']], New York: The Free Press, 1963. | ||
| − | ** ''Outsiders: estudos de sociologia do desvio''. | + | ** ''Outsiders. Etudes de sociologie de la déviance'', Paris: Métalié, 1985 [http://socio.ens-lyon.fr/livres/livres_becker_outsiders_note.php]. {{fr}} |
| + | ** ''Outsiders: estudos de sociologia do desvio'', trans. Maria Luiza X. de A. Borges, Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, 2009. {{pt}} | ||
| + | ** ''Außenseiter. Zur Soziologie abweichenden Verhaltens'', trans. Cori A. Mackrodt and Stefanie Loyal, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, 2014. {{de}} | ||
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10715 ''Art Worlds''], Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982, 1984; 25th Anniversary Edition, updated and expanded, 2008 [http://anonfiles.com/file/d5f6a56d52ac19d767fff842bdd75308|PDF]. | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10715 ''Art Worlds''], Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982, 1984; 25th Anniversary Edition, updated and expanded, 2008 [http://anonfiles.com/file/d5f6a56d52ac19d767fff842bdd75308|PDF]. | ||
| − | * with Michal M. McCall (ed.), [[Media:Howard_S._Becker,_Michal_M._McCall_Symbolic_Interaction_and_Cultural_Studies_1990.pdf|''Symbolic interaction and cultural studies'']], | + | ** ''Los mundos del Arte'', trans. Joaquin Ibarburu, Bernal: Universidad National de Quilmes, 2008. {{es}} |
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| + | * ''Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986; 2nd edition, [https://anonfiles.com/file/75eb00c6726432fc25c57b87d3f6057d 2007]. | ||
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| + | * with Michal M. McCall (ed.), [[Media:Howard_S._Becker,_Michal_M._McCall_Symbolic_Interaction_and_Cultural_Studies_1990.pdf|''Symbolic interaction and cultural studies'']], University of Chicago Press, 1990. | ||
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* with Robert R. Faulkner, ''Do You Know...? The Jazz Repertoire in Action'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. | * with Robert R. Faulkner, ''Do You Know...? The Jazz Repertoire in Action'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. | ||
; Articles (selection) | ; Articles (selection) | ||
| − | * "Photography and Sociology", ''Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication | + | * [http://traces.revues.org/257 "Notes on the Concept of Commitment"], ''The American Journal of Sociology'' 66:1 (1960), pp 32-40. {{fr}} |
| − | * [[Media:Howard_S._Becker_-_Art_Photography_in_America_1975.pdf|"Art Photography in America"]], ''Journal of Communication'' 25 (Winter 1975), pp | + | * "Photography and Sociology", ''Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication'' 1 (1974), pp 3-26. |
| + | * [[Media:Howard_S._Becker_-_Art_Photography_in_America_1975.pdf|"Art Photography in America"]], ''Journal of Communication'' 25 (Winter 1975), pp 74-84. | ||
* [[Media:Howard_S._Becker_-_Photographic_strategies_1977.pdf|"Photographic strategies"]], ''Society'' 14:2 (1977), pp 85-87. | * [[Media:Howard_S._Becker_-_Photographic_strategies_1977.pdf|"Photographic strategies"]], ''Society'' 14:2 (1977), pp 85-87. | ||
| − | * [[Media:Becker_Visual_sociology_documentary_photography_and_photojournalism_1995.pdf|"Visual sociology, documentary photography, and photojournalism: It's (almost) all a matter of context"]], Visual Studies | + | * [[Media:Becker_Visual_sociology_documentary_photography_and_photojournalism_1995.pdf|"Visual sociology, documentary photography, and photojournalism: It's (almost) all a matter of context"]], ''Visual Studies'' 10:1 (1995), pp 5-14. |
* "[[Media:Howard_S._Becker_-_Categories_and_Comparisons-_How_We_Find_Meaning_in_Photographs.pdf|Categories and Comparisons: How We Find Meaning in Photographs]]", ''Visual Anthropology'' 14:2 (1998), pp 3-10. | * "[[Media:Howard_S._Becker_-_Categories_and_Comparisons-_How_We_Find_Meaning_in_Photographs.pdf|Categories and Comparisons: How We Find Meaning in Photographs]]", ''Visual Anthropology'' 14:2 (1998), pp 3-10. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Links== |
| − | * http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/ | + | * [http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/ Home page] |
| − | * http:// | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_S._Becker Becker at Wikipedia] |
Revision as of 20:18, 18 October 2016
Howard Saul Becker (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.
Works
- Books (selection)
- with Blanche Geer, Everett C. Hughes and Anselm Strauss, Boys in White: Student Culture in Medical School, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961; 1977; 1992.
- Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance, New York: The Free Press, 1963.
- Outsiders. Etudes de sociologie de la déviance, Paris: Métalié, 1985 [1]. (French)
- Outsiders: estudos de sociologia do desvio, trans. Maria Luiza X. de A. Borges, Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, 2009. (Portuguese)
- Außenseiter. Zur Soziologie abweichenden Verhaltens, trans. Cori A. Mackrodt and Stefanie Loyal, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, 2014. (German)
- Art Worlds, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982, 1984; 25th Anniversary Edition, updated and expanded, 2008 [2].
- Los mundos del Arte, trans. Joaquin Ibarburu, Bernal: Universidad National de Quilmes, 2008. (Spanish)
- Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986; 2nd edition, 2007.
- with Michal M. McCall (ed.), Symbolic interaction and cultural studies, University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- with Robert R. Faulkner, Do You Know...? The Jazz Repertoire in Action, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Articles (selection)
- "Notes on the Concept of Commitment", The American Journal of Sociology 66:1 (1960), pp 32-40. (French)
- "Photography and Sociology", Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication 1 (1974), pp 3-26.
- "Art Photography in America", Journal of Communication 25 (Winter 1975), pp 74-84.
- "Photographic strategies", Society 14:2 (1977), pp 85-87.
- "Visual sociology, documentary photography, and photojournalism: It's (almost) all a matter of context", Visual Studies 10:1 (1995), pp 5-14.
- "Categories and Comparisons: How We Find Meaning in Photographs", Visual Anthropology 14:2 (1998), pp 3-10.
