Howard Becker

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gptkbp:instanceOf Sociologist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor Sociology students
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Chicago_School_of_Sociology
gptkbp:awards Lifetime_Achievement_Award_from_the_American_Sociological_Association
gptkbp:birthDate 1928-04-07
gptkbp:collaborations Other sociologists
gptkbp:contribution Sociological research on art and culture
gptkbp:criticism Critique of positivism
Critique of traditional criminology
Critique of quantitative research
gptkbp:field Sociology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Howard Becker
gptkbp:impact Sociological theory
Cultural sociology
Art sociology
Deviance studies
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Howard_S._Becker
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Erving_Goffman
gptkb:George_Herbert_Mead
gptkbp:knownFor Labeling theory
gptkbp:legacy Influence on contemporary sociology
Influence on cultural studies
Influence on social theory
Influence on deviance research
Influence on qualitative methods
gptkbp:nationality American
Jewish
gptkbp:notableAlumni Social construction of reality
gptkbp:notableWork Outsiders
gptkbp:occupation Sociologist
gptkbp:publishes The Outsiders
Art Worlds
The Other Side: Perspectives on Deviance
Tricks of the Trade
What About Mozart? What About Murder?
Writing for Social Scientists
The_Chicago_School:_A_History
gptkbp:researchFocus Deviance
gptkbp:researchInterest Ethnography
Qualitative research
gptkbp:residence gptkb:California
gptkbp:spouse Miriam_Becker
gptkbp:taught gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:theory Labeling theory
Social constructionism
Symbolic interactionism