The Social Self and Everyday Life : Understanding the World Through Symbolic Interactionism /: Understanding the World Through Symbolic Interactionism. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kathy Charmaz, Scott Harris, Leslie Irvine.
• Authors: Charmaz, Kathy; Harris, Scott; Irvine, Leslie
• Contents: Preface ix Acknowledgments xi 1 An Invitation to Learn about Self, Situation, and Society 1 # ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike 2 Sociology, Psychology, and Social Psychology 3 Symbolic Interactionism and Other Perspectives 4 Overview of the Book 8 Chapter Previews 9 Note 13 References 13 2 Looking at Life from the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 16 Symbolic Interactionism as a Theoretical Perspective 19 Assumptions about Human Nature and Social Life 21 Premises of the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 24 The Development of Self 28 Society, Self, and Mind: The Social Psychology of George Herbert Mead 28 Charles Horton Cooley’s “Looking Glass Self” 32 Self, Self‐Concept, and Identity 34 Defining the Situation, Naming, and Knowing 35 W.I. Thomas and Dorothy Swaine Thomas’s Theorem 35 Anselm Strauss and Naming and Knowing 36 Erving Goffman’s Metaphor of the Theater: Dramaturgical Analysis 38 Conclusion 42 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 43 Notes 44 References 45 3 Socialization: Becoming Ourselves 48 What Is Socialization? 50 Sociological Perspectives on Socialization 50 Conceptualizing Socialization 52 Theoretical Perspectives of Socialization 52 Types of Socializing Experiences 56 Socialization in Childhood 57 Infants and Agency 57 Parents and Children 59 Peers and Socialization 62 Adult Socialization 66 Involvements and Evolvements 66 Total Institutions and Remaking the Self 68 Conclusion 70 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 71 Notes 72 References 73 4 The Social Body: Appearances and Experiences 76 Bodily Appearances 77 Coping with Bodily Stigma 81 Defining Stigma 81 Responding to Being Stigmatized 85 Interpreting Bodily Experiences 87 Conclusion 92 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 92 Notes 94 References 94 5 Health, Illness, and Disability 96 Meanings of Health, Illness, and Disability 97 Maintaining Health 99 Individual vs. Social Responsibility for Health 101 Individual Responsibility for Health 102 Gender and Individual Responsibility for Health 102 Extending Individual Responsibility through Online Participation 103 Social Responsibility for Health 105 Individual Responsibility and Neoliberalism 105 How Individual Responsibility for Health Complements Neoliberalism 105 Moral Failure and Victim‐Blaming 107 Experiencing Serious Illness 108 The Diagnostic Quest 109 Biographical Disruption and Loss of Self 111 Living with Illness and Disability 114 Medicalization, Biomedicalization, and Risk 118 Conclusion 119 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 120 Notes 121 References 121 6 Emotion Norms, Emotion Management, and Emotional Labor 125 Emotion Norms 126 Emotion Management 131 Interpersonal Emotion Management 135 Emotional Labor 137 Controlling Employees’ Emotions 138 The Unequal Distribution of Emotional Labor 141 Conclusion 144 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 145 Notes 146 References 146 7 All Our Families: Diverse Forms, Diverse Meanings 150 The Cultural Relativity of Family 152 Three Ways of Answering the Question “What Is Family?” 154 Family Discourse as Meaning‐Making 156 The Social Shaping of Family Descriptions 160 Who Knows Best about Families? 162 Conclusion 164 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 165 Notes 167 References 167 8 “Always On/Always On Us”: Technology, Interaction, and the Self 170 The Cyberbased Generalized Other and the Mediated Looking Glass 173 Music as a Technology of the Self 176 The Quantified Self 179 Conclusion 183 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 183 Notes 184 References 185 9 Amplifying Social Problems: Claimsmakers and Their Contexts 190 Objectivist and Interactionist Approaches to Social Problems 192 Amplifying Social Problems 196 The Contexts of Claimsmaking 201 Conclusion 205 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 206 Notes 207 References 207 10 Individuals and Institutions 209 How Institutions Shape Individuals 214 Creating “Good Ford Men” 217 Responses to Constraint 219 The Loss of Institutional Anchors 221 “Who am I Now?” 222 The Role of Place 223 Conclusion 225 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 226 Note 227 References 227 11 Inequality in Interaction 232 Studying Inequality 233 Reproducing Inequality through Interaction 238 Boundary Maintenance 239 Othering 240 Microaggressions 242 Subordinate Adaptation 243 Emotion Management 245 Resisting and Challenging Inequality 247 Conclusion 248 Learning by Using the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 248 Notes 249 References 250 12 Conclusion: The Benefits of Studying Symbolic Interaction 254 The Value of Studying Symbolic Interactionism 254 Social Interaction Is a Ubiquitous (and Enjoyable) Topic 254 SI Provides a Useful Vocabulary for Understanding Social Life, Via Its Focus on Generic Social Processes 255 SI Can Assist in Self‐Improvement 257 Altruism 258 Final Thoughts 259 References 259 Index 261
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118645406
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.