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Symbolic interaction and inequality / edited by Norman K. Denzin and Shing-Ling S. Chen.

Highlighting fruitful accomplishments achieved by a range of symbolic interactionists, this volume exhibits the significance of studying inequality, a venture that not only enriches symbolic interactionism but human life as a whole.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Denzin, Norman K. (Editor), Chen, Shing-Ling S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leeds Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Studies in symbolic interaction ; v. 58.
Subjects:
Equality > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Symbolic Interaction and Inequality
  • Symbolic Interaction and Inequality
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • A Tribute to Norman K. Denzin
  • About the Editor
  • About the Contributors
  • 1. Inequality in Everyday Life
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Inequality as a Taken-for-granted Reality
  • Inequality and Agency
  • How Is Inequality Possible?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 2. Identity: Relations, Habitats, Artifacts and Alienation
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Macrostructures and Identity
  • The Grammar of Identities
  • The Agent in the Relations of Production
  • Agencies of Identity
  • The Scenes of Identity: Habitats
  • The Objects of Identity: Artifacts
  • The Relations of Production and Alienation
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3. "Too Many Genders?": Ambiguity as Resistance in the Biographical Work of Gender-Diverse People
  • Abstract
  • Introduction: Doing Ambiguity, Doing Biographical Work
  • "Gender-diverse" as a Problematic Identity
  • Doing Cisgender, Doing Transgender
  • Biographical Work in Gender Audits: Narrative Resistance to Discursive Constraint
  • Transgender Standpoint in Active Interviews: Methods
  • Recruitment
  • The Sample
  • "Doing Ambiguity:" The Biographical Work of Gender-Diverse People
  • Accounting for Ambiguity
  • Unambiguous Gender
  • Lack of Information/Misinformation
  • Being in Transition
  • Creating and Embracing Ambiguity
  • Doing Placeholders
  • Doing Gender Fluidity
  • Evading the Box
  • Claiming It Doesn't Really Exist
  • Doing Liminality, Redefining Intersex
  • Auditing Gender Audits: Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 4. A Radical Interactionist Perspective on Family Conflicts and Mothers With Substance Use Problems
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Family as a Negotiated Order
  • Complex Dominative Encounters
  • Methods
  • Reality Television as a Data Source
  • Overview of Mothers in Selected Episodes
  • Tiffs and Negotiation of the Family Order
  • Violent Skirmishes
  • Role Battles in Family Conflict
  • Routines of Conflict
  • Truncated Role Battles
  • A Grinding Family Order
  • The Intervention as a Role Campaign
  • The Preintervention
  • The Intervention
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • 5. Breaking Step: Silence, Resonance, and Everyday Precariousness in Academic Settings
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 6. First-Generation Students' Identity Construction, Concealment, and COVID-Driven Reckonings: Reconciling Self-Definitions ...
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Defining First-Generation College Students
  • First-Gen College Experiences: Access, Transition, Persistence, and Graduation
  • COVID-19 Pandemic and Higher Education
  • Theoretical Lens
  • Methods
  • Sample
  • Data Collection
  • Limitations of Methodology and Sampling
  • Data Analysis
  • Findings
  • Transition to College: Cultivating Aspirations and Navigating Barriers

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