Oxford University Press

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Emile Durkheim's work on religion occupies a central place in religious studies classrooms today. At the undergraduate level, Durkheim is widely taught in large Introduction to Religion courses and in upper division seminars in 'theory and method.' His work is also taught in graduate Religious Studies departments of all stripes, from those grounded...

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This book is the first study of "e;hard"e; country music as well as the first comprehensive application of contemporary cultural theory to country music. The author compares hard country music to mainstream country music and to "e;high"e; culture, arguing that hard country deliberately focuses on its low position in the American...

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