Inside Social Life : Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology

by Cahill, Spencer E.

• ISBN13: 9781891487422
• ISBN10: 1891487426
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Roxbury Pub Co

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Uses of the Selections	xi
About the Contributors	xii
Part I: Human Being and Social Reality
Introduction	1	(1)
Neurology and the Soul	2	(4)
Oliver Sacks
Culture and Human Nature	6	(4)
Clifford Geertz
Islands of Meaning	10	(6)
Eviatar Zerubavel
Part II: The Social Construction of Self
Introduction	15	(1)
The Self as Sentiment and Reflection	16	(5)
Charles Horton Cooley
The Self as Social Structure	21	(5)
George Herbert Mead
Fashioning Gender Identity	26	(7)
Spencer E. Cahill
Narratives of the Codependent Self	33	(9)
Leslie Irvine
Part III: The Social Construction of Subjective Experience
Introduction	41	(1)
The Development of Language and Thought	42	(5)
Lev Vygotsky
The Social Basis of Drug-Induced Experience	47	(7)
Howard Becker
The Social Shaping of Grief	54	(7)
Lyn. H. Lofland
Managing Emotions in Medical School	61	(13)
Allen C. Smith III
Sherryl Kleinman
Part IV: The Self and Social Interaction
Introduction	73	(1)
The Presentation of Self	74	(8)
Erving Goffman
The Gloried Self	82	(8)
Patricia Adler
Peter Adler
Salvaging the Self From Homelessness	90	(10)
David Snow
Leon Anderson
Constructing Transsexual Selves	100	(14)
Douglas Mason-Schrock
Part V: Social Interaction and Order
Introduction	113	(1)
Face-Work and Interaction Rituals	114	(9)
Erving Goffman
The Interaction Order of Public Bathrooms	123	(9)
Spencer E. Cahill
Wheelchair Users' Interpersonal Management of Emotions	132	(10)
Spencer E. Cahill
Robin Eggleston
The Organization of Conversation	142	(8)
Ronald Wardhaugh
Part VI: Social Interaction and Relationships
Introduction	149	(1)
Uncoupling	150	(11)
Diane Vaughan
Sympathy Biography and Relationships	161	(11)
Candace Clark
Popularity and Friendship Among Adolescent Girls	172	(8)
Donna Eder
The Social Contexts of Illness	180	(8)
Arthur W. Frank
Part VII: Structures of Social Life
Introduction	187	(1)
Social Structure and Experience	188	(3)
Sheldon Stryker
Culture Creation and Diffusion Among Preadolescents	191	(6)
Gary Alan Fine
Everyday Life in Nursing Homes	197	(8)
Timothy Diamond
Working and Resisting at Route Restaurant	205	(11)
Greta Foff Paules
Part VIII: The Construction of Social Structures
Introduction	215	(1)
Society in Action	216	(4)
Herbert Blumer
Borderwork Among Girls and Boys	220	(7)
Barrie Thorne
The Black Male in Public	227	(9)
Elijah Anderson
Managing Emotions in an Animal Shelter	236	(14)
Arnold Arluke
Part IX: The Politics of Social Reality
Introduction	249	(1)
The Moral Career of the Mental Patient	250	(8)
Erving Goffman
Taking Anti-Depressant Drugs	258	(11)
David A. Karp
The Rise and Fall of the Freeway Shootings Problem	269	(11)
Joel Best
Nazi Doctors at Auschwitz	280	(10)
Robert Jay Lifton
Part X: Postmodern Social Reality
Introduction	289	(1)
The Dissolution of the Self	290
Kenneth J. Gergen