Symbolic Interaction And Cultural Studies - Hardcover

Becker, Howard S.; McCall, Michal M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226041174 ISBN 13: 9780226041179

Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1990

Synopsis

Symbolic interactionism, resolutely empirical in practice, shares theoretical concerns with cultural studies and humanistic discourse. Recognizing that the humanities have engaged many of the important intellectual currents of the last twenty-five years in ways that sociology has not, the contributors to this volume fully acknowledge that the boundary between the social sciences and the humanities has begun to dissolve. This challenging volume explores that border area.

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About the Author

Howard S. Becker has made major contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. He has also written extensively on the practice of sociology. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he was also an instructor in sociology and social sciences. He became professor of sociology at Northwestern University, where he taught for twenty-five years. When he retired from active teaching he was a professor of sociology and an adjunct professor of music at the University of Washington. He lives and works in San Francisco and Paris.

From the Back Cover

Tracing its lineage to the American Pragmatists--John Dewey and George Herbert Mead, particularly--and to sociologists of the 'Chicago School' and their successors, symbolic interaction has emerged as one of the major movements of contemporary social science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0226041174
• ISBN 13: 9780226041179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296