Libro The Production Of Reality de O´brien, Jodi (edt)

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Publisher Summary 1

Combining micro and macro perspectives, O'Brien (sociology, Seattle University) introduces students to the major theories, concepts, and perspectives of contemporary social psychology in this text/reader for undergraduates studying psychology in sociology departments. Readings have been chosen from popular literature as well as peer-reviewed journals, and framing essays that introduce and enhance the readings in each section are included. Twenty of the 41 readings are new to this edition. Discussion and review questions are also new. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Publisher Summary 2

This popular text has been distinguished by its eclectic essays which engage students in social psychology courses. Students are introduced to the major theories, concepts, and perspectives in contemporary social psychology. The principles which explain how we, as individuals, come to know and define ourselves in society are explained through fascinating stories.

Tabla de Contenidos del libro

Preface

xix

Why Bother?

xix

New Emphases for the Fourth Edition

The Logic of the Book

xxi

Many Questions, Your Own Answers

xxi

Acknowledgments

xxiii

About the Cover Artist

xxv

PART I INTRODUCTION

(62)

What Is Real?

(42)

Jodi O'Brien

Reality as a Collective Hunch

(24)

Islands of Meaning

(17)

Eviatar Zerubavel

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

(6)

Jane Wagner

Researching Social Life

(9)

Truth, Objectivity, and Agreement

(4)

Earl Babbie

Constructivist, Interpretivist Approaches to Human Inquiry

(4)

Thomas A. Schwandt

Symbolic Interactionism: A Perspective for Understanding Self and Social Interaction

(19)

Jodi O'Brien

PART II HUMANS AS SYMBOL-USING CREATURES

(64)

Shared Meaning as the Basis of Humanness

(63)

Jodi O'Brien

Naming

(5)

That Powerful Drop

(1)

Langston Hughes

A Clue to the Nature of Man: The Symbol

(2)

Ernst Cassirer

Yes, Father-Sister

(2)

Oliver Sacks

Language and Socialization

(14)

Final Note on a Case of Extreme Isolation

(6)

Kingsley Davis

Seeing Voices

(7)

Oliver Sacks

Language and Culture

102

(25)

Metaphors We Live By

103

(12)

George Lakoff

Mark Johnson

Pills and Power Tools

115

(4)

Susan Bordo

Racism in the English Language

119

(8)

Robert B. Moore

PART III PRODUCING SOCIAL ORDER THROUGH INTERACTION

127

(108)

Meaning Is Negotiated Through Interaction

128

(107)

Jodi O'Brien

Naming as an Interactional Process

139

(29)

Becoming a Marihuana User

140

(9)

Howard S. Becker

The Development of Feeling Norms Underlying Romantic Love Among Adolescent Females

149

(19)

Robin Simon

Donna Eder

Cathy Evans

Projecting the Definition of the Situation

168

(31)

Acknowledgment Rituals: The Greeting Phenomenon Between Strangers

169

(16)

Carl Edward Pate

Embarrassment and the Analysis of Role Requirements

185

(9)

Edward Gross

Gregory P. Stone

The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling

194

(5)

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Negotiating a Working Consensus

199

(36)

Behavior in Private Places: Sustaining Definitions of Reality in Gynecological Examinations

201

(13)

Joan P. Emerson

``Precarious Situations'' in a Strip Club: Exotic Dancers and the Problem of Reality Maintenance

214

(9)

Kari Lerum

Encounters With the Hearing

223

(12)

Paul Higgins

PART IV PRODUCING SOCIAL SELVES

235

(98)

From Masks to Selves

236

(97)

Jodi O'Brien

The Self as a Process of Interaction

248

(15)

The Self, the I, and the Me

250

(5)

George Herbert Mead

Looking-Glass Self

255

(2)

Charles Horton Cooley

Reference Groups as Perspectives

257

(6)

Tamotsu Shibutani

Self-Development and Reference Groups

263

(46)

Girls, Media, and the Negotiation of Sexuality: A Study of Race, Class, and Gender in Adolescent Peer Groups

264

(12)

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

Shades of White

276

(20)

Pamela Perry

A Theory of Genius

296

(13)

Thomas Scheff

Self-Presentation in Interaction

309

(24)

Identity Construction and Self-Presentation on Personal Homepages

310

(10)

Charles Cheung

Body Troubles: Women, the Workplace, and Negotiations of a Disabled Identity

320

(13)

Isabel Dyck

PART V THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY

333

(92)

Building and Breaching Reality

334

(91)

Jodi O'Brien

A Theory of Reality

353

(28)

Five Features of Reality

354

(16)

Hugh Mehan

Houston Wood

A Conception of and Experiments With ``Trust'' as a Condition of Concerted Stable Actions

370

(11)

Harold Garfinkel

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

381

(18)

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

382

(13)

Paul Watzlawick

When Belief Creates Reality: The Self-Fulfilling Impact of First Impressions on Social Interaction

395

(4)

Mark Snyder

The Social Construction of the Cultural Status Quo

399

(26)

The Persistence of Gender Inequality in Employment Settings

401

(9)

Cecilia Ridgeway

Status Inequality and Close Relationships An Integrative Typology of Bond-Saving Strategies

410

(15)

Scott R. Harris

PART VI AMBIGUITY, COMPLEXITY, AND CONFLICT IN SOCIAL INTERACTION

425

(86)

Boundaries and Contradictions

426

(85)

Jodi O'Brien

Contradictions and Conflict in Self-Production

443

(32)

Double Consciousness and the Veil

445

(5)

W. E. B. Du Bois

Wrestling the Angel of Contradiction: Queer Christian Identities

450

(15)

Jodi O'Brien

``We Are Graceful Swans Who Can Also Be Crows'': Hybrid Identities of Pakistani Muslim Women

465

(10)

Lubna Chaudhry

Contradictions and Change in Cultural Production

475

(36)

Continuity Within Change: The Cherokee Indians and the Internet

476

(8)

Ellen L. Arnold

Darcy C. Plymire

Patients, ``Potheads,'' and Dying to Get High

484

(8)

Wendy Chapkis

Adventures in Desocialization

492

(15)

Inge Bell

Bernard McGrane

Talking Back

507

(4)

bell hooks

Epilogue

511

(8)

Credits

519

(6)

Name Index

525

(7)

Subject Index

532

(18)

About the Author

550

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The Production Of Reality

por O´brien, Jodi (edt)