The production of reality : essays and readings on social interaction / edited by Jodi A. O'Brien and Peter Kollock.
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Rev. ed. of: The production of reality / Jodi O'Brien. c2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[PART 1 Introduction] What is real? / J. O'Brien -- Islands of meaning / E. Zerubavel -- The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe / J. Wagner -- Truth, objectivity and agreement / E. Babbie -- Constructivist, interpretivist approaches to human inquiry / T. Schwandt -- Symbolic interactionism: a perspective for understanding self and social interaction / J. O'Brien
[PART 2 Humans as symbol - using creatures] Shared meaning as the basis of humanness / J. O'Brien -- That powerful drop / L. Hughes -- A clue to the nature of man: the symbol / E. Cassirer -- Yes, Father-Sister / O. Sacks -- Final note on a case of extreme isolation / K. Davis -- Seeing voices / O. Sacks -- Metaphors we live by / G. Lakoff & M. Johnson -- Pills and power tools / S. Bordo -- Racism in the English language / R. Moore
[PART 3 Producing social order through interaction] Meaning is negotiated through interaction / J. O'Brien -- Becoming a Marihuana user / H. Becker -- The development of feeling norms underlying romantic love among adolescent females / R. Simon et al... -- Acknowledgement rituals: the greeting phenomenon between strangers / C. Pate -- Embarrassment and the analysis of role requirements / E. Goss & G. Stone -- The mangled heart: commercialization of human feeling / A. Hochschild -- Behavior in private places: sustaining definitions of reality in gynecological examinations / J. Emerson -- "Precarious situations" in a strip club: exotic dancers and the problem of reality maintenance / K. Lerum -- Encounters with the hearing / P. Higgins
[PART 4 Producing social selves] From masks to selves / J. O'Brien -- The self, the I, and the Me / G. Mead -- Looking-glass self / C. Cooley -- Reference groups as perspectives / T. Shibutani -- Girls, media and the negotiation of sexuality: a study of race, class, and gender in adolescent peer groups / M. Durham -- Shades of white / P. Perry -- A theory of genius / T. Scheff -- Identity construction and self-presentation on personal homepages / C. Cheung -- Body troubles: women, the workplace and negotiations of a disabled identity / I. Dyck
[PART 5 The social construction of reality] Building and breaching reality / J. O'Brien -- Five features of reality / H. Mehan & H. Wood -- A conception of and experiments with "trust" as a condition of concerted stable actions / H. Garfinkel -- Self-fulfilling prophecies / P. Watzlawick -- When belief creates reality: the self-fulfilling impact of first impressions on social interaction / M. Snyder -- The persistence of gender inequality in employment settings / C. Ridgeway -- Status inequality and close relationships / S. Harris
[PART 6 Ambiguity, complexity, and conflict in social interaction] Boundaries and contradictions / J. O'Brien -- Double consciousness and the veil / W. Du Bois -- Wrestling the angel of contradiction: queer christian identities / J. O'Brien -- "We are graceful swans who can also be crows": hybrid identities of Pakistani Muslim women / L. Chaudhry -- Continuity within change: the Cherokee Indians and the internet / E. Arnold & D. Plymire -- Patients, "potheads" and dying to get high / W. Chapkis -- Adventures in desocialization / I. Bell & B. McGrane -- Talking back / B. Hooks.
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