'practicing Culture' Consists Of A Set Of Empirical Analyses Related To Each Other By A Shared Theoretical Framework. The Case Studies Show How Culture Works In Practice & How Practice Makes & Remakes Culture. We Have Never Been German : The Economy Of Digging In Russian Kaliningrad / Olga Sezneva -- Practicing Poetry : A Career Without A Job / Ailsa Craig -- Hot Glass : The Calorific Imagination Of Practice In Glassblowing / Erin O'connor -- State Power As Field Work : Culture And Practice In The French Survey Of Historic Landmarks / Alexandra Kowalski -- New And Improved Nations : Branding National Identity / Melissa Aronczyk -- Facts In The City : How London Accountants Simplify Decisions / Matthew Gill -- Managing Doubt : Professional Wrestling Jargon And The Making Of Smart Fans / Marion Wrenn -- Beauty At The Gallery : Sentimental Education And Operatic Community In Contemporary Buenos Aires / Claudio Benzecry -- The Erotic Life Of Electric Hair Clippers : A Social History / Alton Phillips -- Practicing Authorship : The Case Of Brecht's Plays / Monika Krause. Edited By Craig Calhoun And Richard Sennett. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.