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21 produkter
Sensing Spirits
Paranormal Investigation and the Social Construction of Ghosts
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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Based on ethnographic research, this book examines the paranormal investigation subculture in the US. Presenting interviews with investigators as well as extensive field observations, it explores their reasons for getting involved, their use of different investigative methods, the interpretive …
‘Doing’ Coercion in Male Custodial Settings
An Ethnography of Italian Prison Officers Using Force
Häftad, 2019
688 kr
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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, micro-sociological perspective, the author presents new research based on almost two years of participant observation …
Terminal Self
Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times
Häftad, 2019
660 kr
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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 at the terminal. Because the self emerges out of interaction with others (humans and non-humans), this increasingly …
Microsociological Perspectives for Environmental Sociology
Av Bradley H. Brewster, Antony J. Puddephatt
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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Environmental sociology tends to be dominated by macrosociological theories, to the point that microsociological perspectives have been neglected and ignored. This collection of original work is the first book dedicated to demonstrating the utility of microsociological perspectives for …
Sensing Spirits
Paranormal Investigation and the Social Construction of Ghosts
Häftad, 2022
670 kr
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Based on ethnographic research, this book examines the paranormal investigation subculture in the US. Presenting interviews with investigators as well as extensive field observations, it explores their reasons for getting involved, their use of different investigative methods, the interpretive …
Gendered Bodies and Leisure
The practice and performance of American belly dance
Av Rachel Kraus
Häftad, 2020
710 kr
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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 activity for diverse reasons. Drawing on empirical research, fieldwork, and interviews with participants, this book …
Drama of Social Life
A Dramaturgical Handbook
Häftad, 2020
559 kr
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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 playing roles to audiences who review them and then coordinate further action - is an ancient idea that has been …
Portable Community
Place and Displacement in Bluegrass Festival Life
Häftad, 2021
712 kr
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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 years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and participant observation, the author develops the thesis that the …
People, Technology, and Social Organization
Interactionist Studies of Everyday Life
Av Dirk vom Lehn, Will Gibson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2504 kr
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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 the impact of technology on social practices.The chapters in this co-edited collection reveal how technology is oriented …
People, Technology, and Social Organization
Interactionist Studies of Everyday Life
Av Dirk vom Lehn, Will Gibson m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
646 kr
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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 the impact of technology on social practices.The chapters in this co-edited collection reveal how technology is oriented …
Sensing Life
The Social Organisation of the Senses in Interaction
Av Will Gibson, Natalia Ruiz-Junco m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2504 kr
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This book showcases the critical contribution that scholarship in the field of social interaction can make to the study of the senses.Centred on an understanding of the senses as interactionally configured between people and the ways in which people themselves experience the senses—how they build …
‘Doing’ Coercion in Male Custodial Settings
An Ethnography of Italian Prison Officers Using Force
Inbunden, 2017
2303 kr
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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, micro-sociological perspective, the author presents new research based on almost two years of participant observation …
Challenging Myths of Masculinity
Understanding Physical Cultures
Av Lee F. Monaghan, Michael Atkinson
Häftad, 2016
907 kr
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Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding, for example, has been explained in terms of gender inadequacy and an 'Adonis complex' akin to reverse anorexia, while men electing to …
Politics of Sorrow
Families, Victims, and the Micro-Organization of Youth Homicide
Häftad, 2016
849 kr
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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 the aftermath of a homicide. It examines the politics of sorrow, offering a comparative analysis of White and …
Portable Community
Place and Displacement in Bluegrass Festival Life
Inbunden, 2020
2578 kr
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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 years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and participant observation, the author develops the thesis that the …
Challenging Myths of Masculinity
Understanding Physical Cultures
Av Lee F. Monaghan, Michael Atkinson
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding, for example, has been explained in terms of gender inadequacy and an 'Adonis complex' akin to reverse anorexia, while men electing to …
Politics of Sorrow
Families, Victims, and the Micro-Organization of Youth Homicide
Inbunden, 2013
2504 kr
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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 the aftermath of a homicide. It examines the politics of sorrow, offering a comparative analysis of White and …
Drama of Social Life
A Dramaturgical Handbook
Inbunden, 2013
2504 kr
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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 playing roles to audiences who review them and then coordinate further action - is an ancient idea that has been …
Gendered Bodies and Leisure
The practice and performance of American belly dance
Av Rachel Kraus
Inbunden, 2016
2818 kr
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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 activity for diverse reasons. Drawing on empirical research, fieldwork, and interviews with participants, this book …
Terminal Self
Everyday Life in Hypermodern Times
Inbunden, 2018
2257 kr
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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 at the terminal. Because the self emerges out of interaction with others (humans and non-humans), this increasingly …
Microsociological Perspectives for Environmental Sociology
Av Bradley H. Brewster, Antony J. Puddephatt
Inbunden, 2016
2736 kr
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Environmental sociology tends to be dominated by macrosociological theories, to the point that microsociological perspectives have been neglected and ignored. This collection of original work is the first book dedicated to demonstrating the utility of microsociological perspectives for …
