Richard A. Peterson (sociologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sociologist
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1932
Place of Birth: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India
Date of Death: 04-Feb-2010
Profession: sociologist
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Richard A. Peterson (sociologist)
- Richard Austin Peterson (September 28, 1932 – February 4, 2010) was an American sociologist and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University.
- He was the founding chairman of the American Sociological Association's culture section, and the section's prize for the best graduate student paper is named in honor of him.
- He was a major contributor to the "production of culture" perspective within the sociology of culture, and a widely-known scholar of popular music, country-western in particular.
- Peterson's highly-cited book Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity "is one of the most important scholarly works ever written about the genre".
- The journal Poetics released a special double issue devoted to the contributions of Peterson to the sociology of culture.
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