Hakutulokset: Sarja Interactionist Currents
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The Portable Community
This book explores the various ways in which individuals use music and culture to understand and respond to changes in their natural and built environments. Drawing on over 15 …
Gendered Bodies and Leisure
With its roots in Middle Eastern and North African dance, belly dance is a popular leisure activity in the West with women (and some men) of all ages and body types pursing the …
The Terminal Self
Living at the dawn of a digital twenty-first century, people living in Western societies spend an increasing amount of time interacting with a terminal and interacting with others …
The Drama of Social Life
Whatever else they may be doing, human beings are also and always expressing themselves whenever they are in the awareness of others. As such, the metaphor of life as theater - of …
People, Technology, and Social Organization
This insightful and accessible book is a response to the increasing important role that technology plays in everyday life, and the urgent need for empirical studies that analyse …
Microsociological Perspectives for Environmental Sociology
Environmental sociology tends to be dominated by macrosociological theories, to the point that microsociological perspectives have been neglected and ignored. This collection of …
‘Doing’ Coercion in Male Custodial Settings
This book offers a sustained study of one feature of the prison officer’s job: the threat and use of force, which the author calls ‘doing’ coercion. Adopting an interactionist, …
Sensing Spirits
Based on ethnographic research, this book examines the paranormal investigation subculture in the US. Presenting interviews with investigators as well as extensive field …
Challenging Myths of Masculinity
Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding, for example, has …
The Politics of Sorrow
Drawing on several years of research with grief support organizations and the families and friends of murdered children, this book examines the emotional experience of families in …