Howard S. Becker
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)
- "Photography and Sociology", Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication, 1, 1974:3–26.
- File:Howard S. Becker - Art Photography in America 1975.pdf, Journal of Communication, 25 (Winter, 1975):74–84.
- "File:Howard S. Becker - Photographic strategies 1977.pdf", Society, vol. 14, no.2, 1977:85-87.
- "File:Howard S. Becker - Categories and Comparisons- How We Find Meaning in Photographs.pdf", Visual Anthropology, vol. 14, no. 2, 1998:3-10.
