Seasonal Sociology

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Seasonal Sociology

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Authors/contributors

Davidson, Tonya K. (Editor)
Park, Ondine (Editor)

Title

Seasonal Sociology

Abstract

To be published: September 2025. Life in Canada is shaped by the seasons – marked, celebrated, enjoyed, and sometimes dreaded in ways that respond directly to the changing cycles in nature. Sociological thinking encourages us to question the aspects of everyday life that we may otherwise take for granted. Seasonal Sociology takes a sociological approach to thinking about the seasons, providing a unique perspective for understanding social life. Each chapter in this collection explores key issues of sociological interest through the passage of time and seasonal change. The authors wield seasonality as a powerful tool that can bridge small-scale interpersonal interactions with large-scale institutional structures. This collection of contemporary Canadian case studies is wide-ranging and analyses topics such as pumpkin spice lattes, policing in schools, law and colonialism, summer cottages, seasonal affective disorder, Vaisakhi celebrations, and more. The second edition introduces new chapters on Labour Day and organized labour, disability and online dating, maple sugar shacks, seasonal agricultural work, wildfires, and social movements like Pride and Black Lives Matter. Seasonal Sociology ultimately offers fresh, provocative ways of thinking about the nature of our collective lives. -- Publisher's description

Edition

2nd edition

Place

Toronto

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Date

2025

Language

English

ISBN

978-1-4875-5625-9

URL

https://utppublishing-com.librweb.laurentian.ca/doi/abs/10.3138/9781487556273#page=52

Extra

OCLC: 1484905875

Notes

Contents:
Introduction / Tonya K. Davidson, Tara Milbrandt, and Ondine Park.

FALL. 1. The Rideau Canal in Fall: Understanding Ontology and Epistemology with Indigenous Ways of Knowing / Zoe Todd -- 2. Back to School Season: Schools and the Social Organization of Crime / Heather Rollwagen -- 3. Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Marking the Seasons with Brands / Sonia Bookman -- 4. Labour Day Weekend: The Shifts and the Cycles of Work / Susan Cake, Jason Foster, and Bob Barnetson -- 5. A Long Weekend of Rest and Labour: Thanksgiving, Holiday Body Work, and the Holiday Body / Heidi Bickis.

WINTER. 6. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): The Medicalization of Winter Sadness / Alissa Overend -- 7. Season of Dreaded Joys: Adaptation, Enchantment, and Solidarity in a "Winter" City / Tara Milbrandt -- 8. Cupid’s Keyboard: Disabled People’s Experiences with Online Dating / Alan Santinele Martino -- 9. Extending Law’s Reach: Winter, Accusations, and the Colonial Encounter / Matthew P. Unger -- 10. Cracked Ice: Hockey, Whiteness, and Masculinity in Sports / Nicole Neverson.

SPRING 11 The Myth of the Sugar Shack: Identity, Nature, and Maple Syrup / Emma Bider -- 12. Spring Babies, Summer Weddings, Fall Divorces, and Winter Deaths: Seasons and Populations / Rania Tfaily -- 13. Alternative Spring Break: The Politics of Doing Good in a Globalized World / Nathaniel Laywine and Alan Sears -- 14. Peach Blossoms and Precarious Work: Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program on the Niagara Peninsula / Kristin Lozanski -- 15. Rites of Spring: Multiculturalism and the Celebration of Vaisakhi in Vancouver / Bonar Buffam.

SUMMER. 16. Wedding Season: The White Wedding as a Cultural Ritual of Heteronormativity / Ondine Park -- 17. Summer in Cottage Country: Expectations and Experiences of Canadian Nature / Tonya K. Davidson -- 18. Burning Season: The (New) Conflagrations of Summer / Mark Hudson -- 19. Social Movements Sizzle / James Cairns -- 20. Summer’s Gains and Losses: Children, Social Class, and Learning / Patrizia Albanese.

Citation

Davidson, T. K., & Park, O. (Eds.). (2025). Seasonal Sociology (2nd edition). University of Toronto Press. https://utppublishing-com.librweb.laurentian.ca/doi/abs/10.3138/9781487556273#page=52

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