institutionalised focus institutional settings leads investigation activities cultural sector conceived historically evolved societal forms organising conception production distribution propagation interpretation reception conservation maintenance specific cultural goods cultural institutions studies therefore specific approach within sociology culture key figures key figures today 's cultural sociology include julia adams jeffrey alexander john carroll diane crane paul dimaggio henning eichberg ron eyerman sarah gatson andreas glaeser wendy griswold eva illouz karin knorr cetina michele lamont annette lareau stjepan mestrovic philip smith margaret somers yasemin soysal dan sperber lynette spillman
Social science Sociology Sociology of culture