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Shyness and Society
Susie Scott
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Description for Shyness and Society
Hardback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMH; JMS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
Using Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places. The question of interactional competence is discussed in relation to issues of identity, embodiment, performativity and deviance.
Using Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places. The question of interactional competence is discussed in relation to issues of identity, embodiment, performativity and deviance.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403996039
SKU
V9781403996039
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Ref
99-15
About Susie Scott
SUSIE SCOTT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. She has researched and published in the areas of interaction and everyday life, medical sociology, qualitative methodology and social theory.
Reviews for Shyness and Society
Shortlisted for the 2008 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. For more information about the prize, see http://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/PAM.htm 'This book is a 'should read' for anyone sociologically interested in the public performance of emotions, the self, and identity.' - Michael Atkinson, American Journal of Sociology