Negotiating Identity Symbolic Interactionist Approaches to Social Identity |
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| Author:
| Scott, Susie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7456-6973-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | Polity Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, and drawing on Goffman s dramaturgical theory, Susie Scott explores the micro-social processes of interaction through which identities are created, maintained, challenged and reinvented.
Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, and drawing on Goffman s dramaturgical theory, Susie Scott explores the micro-social processes of interaction through which identities are created, maintained, challenged and reinvented.