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Negotiating IdentityExplore the profound insights of 'Negotiating Identity,' a pivotal text for understanding the sociological aspects of identity formation and interaction. This book, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2015, delves into how our identities are intricately woven through social experiences and everyday dramas. With 264 pages of in depth analysis, Susie Scott harnesses a Symbolic Interactionist framework alongside Goffman's dramaturgical theory to illuminate

Explore the profound insights of 'Negotiating Identity,' a pivotal text for understanding the sociological aspects of identity formation and interaction. This book, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2015, delves into how our identities are intricately woven through social experiences and everyday dramas. With 264 pages of in-depth analysis, Susie Scott harnesses a Symbolic Interactionist framework alongside Goffman's dramaturgical theory to illuminate the processes through which identities are created, contested, and redefined.

Each chapter offers empirical studies, illustrating key dimensions of identity negotiation—from politeness and face-saving rituals to the darker facets of secrecy, lies, and deception. Readers will discover Goffman's work applied to contemporary contexts, shedding light on how self-presentation, role-making, and group interactions shape our social behaviors.

This engaging text is essential for sociology students exploring the sociology of the self, interaction, and everyday life, providing a comprehensive look at how our identities evolve throughout life, influenced by factors such as stigma and social labeling. Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9780745669731. Year: 2015. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK). Pages: 264.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

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ISBN: 9780745669731
Year: 2015
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 264


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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. With a focus on empirical studies as illustrations, classic sociological theory is applied to contemporary examplesEach chapter focuses on a key dimension of how identities are negotiated in the drama of everyday life, from politeness and face-saving rituals to secrecy, lies and deception. Goffman™s ideas are explored in relation to self-presentation, role-making, group interaction and public behaviour, while language and discourse are shown to help people to give credible identity performances and to frame social situations. The book reveals how social selves change over the life course through stigma, labelling and deviant careers, and how life in a total institution can radically transform its members' identities. Through all of these processes, self and society are shown to be intertwinedThis insightful approach will appeal to students taking a range of courses in the sociology of the self, identity, interaction and everyday life
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