Confronting Culture offers a clear and accessible discussion and analysis of the complex field of the sociology of culture, and how it compares with approaches developed within cultural studies.

• An accessible guide to the complex field of the sociological study of culture.
  
• Unique in showing how sociological understandings of culture often differ from rival approaches in the discipline of cultural studies.
  
• Introduces the various ways of thinking sociologically about culture that have been developed over the last century.
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This volume looks forward and re-examines present day education and pedagogical practices in music and dance in the diverse cultural environments found in Oceania.