Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 18.
Famous Howard S. Becker Quotes
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 147.
Becker (1978) in: Creative Camera No.163-174. p. 70.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), pp. 26-27.
Howard S. Becker Quotes about people
Source: Art Worlds (1982), p. 1.
Source: Art Worlds (1982), p. 245 as quoted in: John Ross Hall, Mary Jo Neitz, Marshall Battani (2003) Sociology On Culture. p. 196.
Howard Becker (1974). "Art as Collective Action." American Sociological Review 39:767-76.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 27.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 162.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 34.
Howard S. Becker Quotes about art
Source: Art Worlds (1982), p. 230.
Art Worlds (1982)
Source: Art Worlds (1982), p.x.
Source: Art Worlds (1982), p. ix.
Howard S. Becker Quotes
Source: Writing for Social Scientists (1986), p. 41.
Source: Art Worlds (1982), p. 125.
Source: Writing for Social Scientists (1986), p. 141-142 as cited in: Using the Literature to Formulate your Research Question http://www.utexas.edu/research/pair/usingthe.htm at utexas.edu. Accessed Feb 19, 2013.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 31.
Source: Writing for Social Scientists (1986), p. 70.
Becker (1986) "Do Photographs Tell the Truth?” and “Aesthetics and Truth" as cited in: Ingolf Erler (2010) Das Buch als soziales Symbol. p. 147.
Source: Writing for Social Scientists (1986), p. 159.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), pp. 1-2.
Becker (1972) "'Radical politics and sociological research" cited in: John Peter Sugden, Alan Tomlinson (2002) Power Games: A Critical Sociology of Sport. p. 108.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 4.
Becker (1978) cited in: Peter Hamilton (2006) Visual Research Methods'. Volume 1. p. 214.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 5-6.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), p. 10.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), pp. 27-28.
“I think it is generally true that sociology does not discover what no one ever knew before.”
Source: Art Worlds (1982), p.x.
Becker (1982) "Culture: A Sociological View", In: Yale Review, Summer 1982, pp. 513-27.
Source: Writing for Social Scientists (1986), p. 122.
Source: Writing for Social Scientists (1986), p. 52.
But the person who is thus labeled an outsider may have a different view of the matter. He may not accept the rule by which he is being judged and may not regard those who judge him as either competent or legitimately entitled to do so. Hence, a second meaning of the term emerges: the rule-breaker may feel his judges are outsiders.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), pp. 1-2.