Structure and Agency in Everyday Life
Download or Read eBook Structure and Agency in Everyday Life PDF written by Gil Richard Musolf and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Gil Richard Musolf |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : 0742525287 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780742525283 |
Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Structure and Agency in Everyday Life by : Gil Richard Musolf
Book excerpt: Structure and Agency in Everyday Life outlines the major concepts of interactionism through its leading theoreticians, from William James to Erving Goffman, to contemporary writers. The text underscores the dynamic relationship between the structures or social forces of constraint and humans' ability to act self-reflexively and constitute meaning in their lives through everyday action. The major foci of interactionism-emotions, deviance, childhood socialization, gender, the negotiated order, and the self are covered in-depth. The text presents a history of the interactionist perspective.