Public sociology : from social facts to literary acts / Ben Agger.

Author/creator Agger, Ben
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2007.
Descriptionxv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesNew social formations
New social formations. ^A520807
Contents Sociology as secret writing: lessons from postmodernism -- Learning discipline discursively -- Beginning science -- Method as the main text -- Concluding science -- "Maybe the reviewer is just dense": review and revision as argument -- Was sociology always like this? -- Sociological writing in the wake of postmodernism -- Has mainstream sociology gone public? -- Appendix: articles in sample -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-301) and index.
LCCN 2006100814
ISBN9780742541054 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742541053 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742541061 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0742541061 (pbk. : alk. paper)