SAGE Benchmarks in Culture & Society presents four-volume collections of key classic and contemporary articles on the substantive interdisciplinary topics at the heart of the social sciences.  This series explores core topics of research and debate, including cultural theory, representation, identity, popular music and material culture.  Each set presents a full contextualizing introduction by the editor and draws upon articles that map out each topic’s history and debates, and its theory and methods.

This series presents the ‘gold standard’ for university libraries throughout the world that are seeking to solidify their social science reference collections.