David Hj Morgan
Biographic Data
| ID | 260406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Hj Morgan |
| GIVEN NAMES | David Hj |
| FAMILY NAME | Morgan |
| SIGNATURE | MORGAN D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0996-7969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 182 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The Taste for Images
Two families, many stories and the value of autobiography
This article is based on many enjoyable conversations with David Morgan over the years, on the topic of our own lived experiences of ‘family’. In order to consider them more systematically, we each wrote an autobiographical account of our experiences up to the age of eighteen, and began to compare them sociologically. When David died in June 2020 the project was by no means finished but he had left a preliminary paper, largely in note form, which…
Family practices in time and space
This article considers the origins and some of the key features of the ‘family practices’ approach. This approach emphasises activities, the routine and the everyday and the fluid nature of the concept. fluidity. This approach is presented through exploring issues of space and time in relation to everyday family life. This discussion highlights some affinities between this work and the work of some feminist geographers and argues for more exchang…
Family Troubles, Troubling Families, and Family Practices
What does it mean to talk of family problems as opposed to individual problems? The use of the word clearly reminds the reader of the relational character of everyday troubles and, more than this, raises particular issues of dependency, mutuality, and obligations. My approach in terms of 'family practices' highlights the ways in which everyday actions and reactions continually constitute family life, while the introduction of the term troubling f…
Politinis išsivadavimas ir 'jautrusis subjektas
The purpose of this paper is to tentatively explore the plausibility of the application of aspects of Lacanian psychoanalytic theory (and practice) to the purposes of Leftist political discourse. We live in an era when the forces of conservative political reaction are increasingly coming to the fore across Western democracies. In many Western states the reactionary right is in the ascendency: while the Left seems largely mired in political disarr…
Employing visual methods in exploring family, community and personal relationships
When boys become boys
"When boys become boys: development, relationships and masculinity." Journal of Gender Studies, 24(3), pp. 372–373
Superdads
Gayle Kaufman begins this readable and sympathetic study by noting how she was struck by the number of fathers she saw waiting at a school bus stop. Some years ago, this would have appeared quite a
Family policy in transformation
DORIAN R. WOODS, 2012, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 269 pp., ISBN 978-0-230-27781-6, £57.50, (hardback) Although comparative studies of family policy are not unknown, this study is distinct in
Rethinking Family Practices
Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued re
The look of sympathy
Religions are powerful communities of feeling, compelling ways of experiencing connections with others. As such, they structure human relations in patterns that rely on media and the arts to accomplish significant cultural work such as nurture children, disseminate information, and order forms of association by arousing and managing common sentiments. A textual and visual discourse in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe and North America co…
Seeing things deepening relations with visual artefacts Pattison, Stephen
"Seeing things deepening relations with visual artefacts Pattison, Stephen." Material Religion, 4(2), pp. 237–238
Marriage
Dictionary definitions of marriage usually begin with something like “the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have children.” Even in such a simple and limited definition, some key elements and some potential complexities are highlighted. First, we are dealing with a definition referring to legal criteria. However, since legal definitions differ, we can reasonably expect practices and understandings of marriage…
Revisiting the Generalized Other
In examining transcripts of inter views conducted as par t of an investigation of the process of leaving the parental home, we were frequently reminded of Mead's idea of 'the generalized other'. This ar ticle explores the usefulness of this somewhat neglected idea. After examining the possible range of meanings suggested by this idea and affinities with other concepts (especially Bourdieu's notion of 'habitus') we develop this idea through the us…
Transforming Masculinities
Seidler, V.J. Transforming Masculinities: Men, Cultures, Bodies, Power, Sex and Love , 2006 . New York : Routledge xxvii +180pp £21.99 (pb) ISBN 0-415-37074-4 I found this book, the most recent that Victor Seidler has written on issues of men and masculinity, a frustrating read. On the one hand, it contains some interesting and unfamiliar material and some important arguments. Seidler seeks to sustain a critique of universalistic, rationalistic m…
Friends, Neighbours and Distant Partners
[No abstract]
Revisiting 'Communities in Britain
In this article I re-examine Frankenberg's Communities in Britain (1966) and his use of a 'morphological continuum' within his analysis. This analysis is itself a reassessment of some influential community studies conducted within the British Isles. I look at some particular ideas within the more theoretical part of this book, especially the ideas of 'social redundancy' and the distinction between 'complex' and 'complicated'. I then consider some…
Visual Piety
Journal Article Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images. By David Morgan. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xviii, 265 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-520-20978-8.) Get access Patricia Johnston Patricia Johnston Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Pages 1666–1667, https://doi.org/10.2…
Sociological Imaginings and Imagining Sociology
This paper seeks to explore sociology as an imaginative pursuit. After a brief reconsideration of Mills's notion of `the sociological imagination' I examine three areas illustrating the various imaginations within the discipline: the work of Robert K. Merton; ethnomethodology; and the diversities of feminist scholarship. Two particular case studies are explored: the sociology of the body and the use of auto/biographical studies in sociology. I co…
Family Connections
Introduction. 1. Work, Employment and the Household. 2. Family and Stratification. 3. Gender. 4. Care. 5. The Body. 6. Time and Space. 7. Food. 8. Home. Conclusion. References. Index
Family Theory and Research in Great Britain
This paper argues that the development of family research and theory in Great Britain has been strengthened by the fluidity of boundaries between various disciplines and methodolo- gies employed in the explanation of family life. Indeed, changes in the definition of family have been at the heart of the diversity and fluidity characteristic of the study of family. Studies of economic issues, gender and class distinctions, and family processes have…
Theater of War
Men in the Public Eye
Gendering Organizational Change
In this paper we argue for the need to develop a gendered understanding of processes of organizational change. However, this should not simply be seen as a question of the proportions of women and men at different levels in the hierarchy. Organizational culture and the gendered metaphors and rhetorics that are used within the organization are also shown to be significant. Our analysis focuses upon a single case, a historical and sociological stud…
Discovering Men
Family practices in time and space
This article considers the origins and some of the key features of the ‘family practices’ approach. This approach emphasises activities, the routine and the everyday and the fluid nature of the concept. fluidity. This approach is presented through exploring issues of space and time in relation to everyday family life. This discussion highlights some affinities between this work and the work of some feminist geographers and argues for more exchang…
Revisiting the Generalized Other
In examining transcripts of inter views conducted as par t of an investigation of the process of leaving the parental home, we were frequently reminded of Mead's idea of 'the generalized other'. This ar ticle explores the usefulness of this somewhat neglected idea. After examining the possible range of meanings suggested by this idea and affinities with other concepts (especially Bourdieu's notion of 'habitus') we develop this idea through the us…
Friends, Neighbours and Distant Partners
[No abstract]
Social Theory and the Family
Sociological Imaginings and Imagining Sociology
This paper seeks to explore sociology as an imaginative pursuit. After a brief reconsideration of Mills's notion of `the sociological imagination' I examine three areas illustrating the various imaginations within the discipline: the work of Robert K. Merton; ethnomethodology; and the diversities of feminist scholarship. Two particular case studies are explored: the sociology of the body and the use of auto/biographical studies in sociology. I co…
Strategies and Sociologists
Called to Account
The curriculum vitae has become a central feature of modem academic life. It can be understood as a form of autobiographical practice, one centrally involved with the construction and presentation of a self in a particular occupational context. This paper explores these themes and seeks to show how the insights of Goffman might contribute to an understanding of the nature and significance of these practices
Family Troubles, Troubling Families, and Family Practices
What does it mean to talk of family problems as opposed to individual problems? The use of the word clearly reminds the reader of the relational character of everyday troubles and, more than this, raises particular issues of dependency, mutuality, and obligations. My approach in terms of 'family practices' highlights the ways in which everyday actions and reactions continually constitute family life, while the introduction of the term troubling f…
Revisiting 'Communities in Britain
In this article I re-examine Frankenberg's Communities in Britain (1966) and his use of a 'morphological continuum' within his analysis. This analysis is itself a reassessment of some influential community studies conducted within the British Isles. I look at some particular ideas within the more theoretical part of this book, especially the ideas of 'social redundancy' and the distinction between 'complex' and 'complicated'. I then consider some…
Gendering Organizational Change
In this paper we argue for the need to develop a gendered understanding of processes of organizational change. However, this should not simply be seen as a question of the proportions of women and men at different levels in the hierarchy. Organizational culture and the gendered metaphors and rhetorics that are used within the organization are also shown to be significant. Our analysis focuses upon a single case, a historical and sociological stud…
Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis
The Social and Educational Background of Anglican Bishops--Continuities and Changes
Such studies examine those who occupy positions at the tops of hierarchies or who are leading members of professional groupings. They outline the elite members' general and specialized education and their family backgrounds, usually expressed in terms of the father's occupations. Other details may relate to their career patterns, the time taken to reach their present position (analysed against educational and social backgrounds) and the ages of m…
The look of sympathy
Religions are powerful communities of feeling, compelling ways of experiencing connections with others. As such, they structure human relations in patterns that rely on media and the arts to accomplish significant cultural work such as nurture children, disseminate information, and order forms of association by arousing and managing common sentiments. A textual and visual discourse in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe and North America co…
Social Theory and the Family
New Directions in Family Research and Theory
Two families, many stories and the value of autobiography
This article is based on many enjoyable conversations with David Morgan over the years, on the topic of our own lived experiences of ‘family’. In order to consider them more systematically, we each wrote an autobiographical account of our experiences up to the age of eighteen, and began to compare them sociologically. When David died in June 2020 the project was by no means finished but he had left a preliminary paper, largely in note form, which…
Visual Piety
Journal Article Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images. By David Morgan. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xviii, 265 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-520-20978-8.) Get access Patricia Johnston Patricia Johnston Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Pages 1666–1667, https://doi.org/10.2…
Men Made Manifest
The British Association Scandal
The Social and Educational Background of Anglican Bishops--Continuities and Changes
Such studies examine those who occupy positions at the tops of hierarchies or who are leading members of professional groupings. They outline the elite members' general and specialized education and their family backgrounds, usually expressed in terms of the father's occupations. Other details may relate to their career patterns, the time taken to reach their present position (analysed against educational and social backgrounds) and the ages of m…
The British Association Scandal
Power in Britain
Autonomy and Negotiation in an Industrial Setting
The sociology of work has continued to interest itself in behavior which appears to depart from what might be expected. Recognizing the difficulties involved in the use of the older term "informal behavior," the paper examines two concepts which have been developed in order to analyze these practices: Katz's notion of autonomy and the concept of negotiation developed by Strauss and his associates. The potential usefulness of these concepts taken …
Social Theory and the Family
Social Theory and the Family
New Directions in Family Research and Theory
Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis
Shorter Notices
Families in Britain
Shorter Notices
The Family, Politics, and Social Theory
Marital Violence
Men Made Manifest
Strategies and Sociologists
Discovering Men
Called to Account
The curriculum vitae has become a central feature of modem academic life. It can be understood as a form of autobiographical practice, one centrally involved with the construction and presentation of a self in a particular occupational context. This paper explores these themes and seeks to show how the insights of Goffman might contribute to an understanding of the nature and significance of these practices
Theater of War
Men in the Public Eye
Gendering Organizational Change
In this paper we argue for the need to develop a gendered understanding of processes of organizational change. However, this should not simply be seen as a question of the proportions of women and men at different levels in the hierarchy. Organizational culture and the gendered metaphors and rhetorics that are used within the organization are also shown to be significant. Our analysis focuses upon a single case, a historical and sociological stud…
Family Connections
Introduction. 1. Work, Employment and the Household. 2. Family and Stratification. 3. Gender. 4. Care. 5. The Body. 6. Time and Space. 7. Food. 8. Home. Conclusion. References. Index
Family Theory and Research in Great Britain
This paper argues that the development of family research and theory in Great Britain has been strengthened by the fluidity of boundaries between various disciplines and methodolo- gies employed in the explanation of family life. Indeed, changes in the definition of family have been at the heart of the diversity and fluidity characteristic of the study of family. Studies of economic issues, gender and class distinctions, and family processes have…
Sociological Imaginings and Imagining Sociology
This paper seeks to explore sociology as an imaginative pursuit. After a brief reconsideration of Mills's notion of `the sociological imagination' I examine three areas illustrating the various imaginations within the discipline: the work of Robert K. Merton; ethnomethodology; and the diversities of feminist scholarship. Two particular case studies are explored: the sociology of the body and the use of auto/biographical studies in sociology. I co…
Visual Piety
Journal Article Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images. By David Morgan. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. xviii, 265 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-520-20978-8.) Get access Patricia Johnston Patricia Johnston Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Pages 1666–1667, https://doi.org/10.2…
Revisiting 'Communities in Britain
In this article I re-examine Frankenberg's Communities in Britain (1966) and his use of a 'morphological continuum' within his analysis. This analysis is itself a reassessment of some influential community studies conducted within the British Isles. I look at some particular ideas within the more theoretical part of this book, especially the ideas of 'social redundancy' and the distinction between 'complex' and 'complicated'. I then consider some…
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