'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.