Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1999) Winner
Mitchell Duneier
ミッチェル・デュネイヤー
Mitcheru Dyuneiyā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-01-01
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- sociologist, ethnographer, professor, author
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Affiliations
- Princeton University, Department of Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY (Visiting Distinguished Professor), University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Influenced By
- Howard S. Becker, Edward Shils
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | Department of Sociology | Sociology | PhD | — | United States |
University of Chicago
Department of Sociology
/ Sociology
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award | Slim’s Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity | — | American Sociological Association | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Sidewalk | — | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
| 1999 | C. Wright Mills Award | Sidewalk | — | C. Wright Mills Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2016 | New York Times Book Review Notable Books | Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea | — | The New York Times | 選出 |
| 2016 | Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year | Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea | — | Publishers Weekly | 選出 |
| 2021 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 会員選出 |
American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award
1994
Work:
Slim’s Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity
Organization:
American Sociological Association
Result:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1999
Work:
Sidewalk
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
受賞
C. Wright Mills Award
1999
Work:
Sidewalk
Organization:
C. Wright Mills Award committee
Result:
受賞
New York Times Book Review Notable Books
2016
Work:
Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
Organization:
The New York Times
Result:
選出
Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
2016
Work:
Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
Organization:
Publishers Weekly
Result:
選出
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2021
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result:
会員選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Slim’s Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity
1992 Sociology / EthnographyAn ethnographic study of race, respectability, and masculinity, examining interpersonal relations and identity in the setting of a Chicago restaurant.
racerespectabilitymasculinitycommunity
Sidewalk
1999 Urban sociology / EthnographyAn ethnographic account of the lives and interactions of people who work on and around the city sidewalk, exploring poverty, livelihoods, and social relations in urban space.
urban lifepovertyworksocial relations
Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
2016 Urban history / Social thoughtA historical study tracing the origins and evolution of the concept of the 'ghetto', examining its invention as a place and its intellectual history.
concepts of placeurban historyrace and spacesocial thought
Bibliography
- Slim’s Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity (1992)
- Sidewalk (1999)
- Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detailed ethnographic descriptionnarrative grounded in qualitative dataparticipant-observer based accounts
- Recurring Motifs
- urban spaceeveryday interactionsocial inequality
Legacy
A significant contributor to urban sociology and ethnography, praised for meticulous fieldwork-based accounts and influential rethinking of urban space and race.
Academic Societies
- American Sociological Association
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected)
Trivia
- He is reportedly the step-brother of Harvard political scientist Gary King (citation needed).
- Serves as a professor in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University and is known for ethnographic work.