Seasonal Sociology, Second Edition

Tonya K. Davidson works as a sociologist in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University.Ondine Park works as a sociologist in the Department of History and Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTonya K. Davidson, Tara Milbrandt, and Ondine ParkFALL1 The Rideau Canal in Fall: Understanding Ontology and Epistemology with Indigenous Ways of KnowingZoe Todd2 Back to School Season: Schools and the Social Organization of CrimeHeather Rollwagen3 Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Marking the Seasons with BrandsSonia Bookman4 Labour Day Weekend: The Shifts and the Cycles of WorkSusan Cake, Jason Foster, and Bob Barnetson5 A Long Weekend of Rest and Labour: Thanksgiving, Holiday Body Work, and the Holiday BodyHeidi BickisWINTER6 Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): The Medicalization of Winter Sadness Alissa Overend7 Season of Dreaded Joys: Adaptation, Enchantment, and Solidarity in a “Winter” CityTara Milbrandt8 Cupid’s Keyboard: Disabled People’s Experiences with Online DatingAlan Santinele Martino9 Extending Law’s Reach: Winter, Accusations, and the Colonial EncounterMatthew P. Unger10 Cracked Ice: Hockey, Whiteness, and Masculinity in SportsNicole NeversonSPRING11 The Myth of the Sugar Shack: Identity, Nature, and Maple SyrupEmma Bider12 Spring Babies, Summer Weddings, Fall Divorces, and Winter Deaths: Seasons and PopulationsRania Tfaily13 Alternative Spring Break: The Politics of Doing Good in a Globalized WorldNathaniel Laywine and Alan Sears14 Peach Blossoms and Precarious Work: Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program on the Niagara PeninsulaKristin Lozanski15 Rites of Spring: Multiculturalism and the Celebration of Vaisakhi in Vancouver Bonar BuffamSUMMER16 Wedding Season: The White Wedding as a Cultural Ritual of HeteronormativityOndine Park17 Summer in Cottage Country: Expectations and Experiences of Canadian NatureTonya K. Davidson18 Burning Season: The (New) Conflagrations of SummerMark Hudson19 Social Movements SizzleJames Cairns20 Summer’s Gains and Losses: Children, Social Class, and LearningPatrizia AlbaneseGlossaryContributorsIndex

“The second edition of Seasonal Sociology offers a fresh and compelling exploration of sociology’s richness through the everyday materiality and meanings of the seasons. Through beautifully crafted essays that blend theory and lived experience, this book offers insight into the social nature of the seasons and how they intersect with social structures, collective values, power, and possibilities for action.”