Full Description
Acting as a follow up to Volume 41 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction (2013), Symbolic Interaction and Inequality explores further the concept of Radical Interactionism, a perspective of researching domination and subordination introduced by scholar Lonnie Athens.
Demonstrating advancements made in Radical Interactionism over the past decade, chapters examine the omnipresent and insidious nature of inequality as well as its social construction among family members, cisgender and gender-diverse people, as well as university students and personnel, particularly college athletes.
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.
Contents
Chapter 1. Inequality in Everyday Life; Michael A. Katovich and Shing-Ling S. Chen
Chapter 2. Identity: Relations, Habitats, Artifacts and Alienation; Robert Perinbanayagam
Chapter 3. "Too Many Genders?": Ambiguity as Resistance in the Biographical Work of Gender-diverse People; Lilith Green and Carol Rambo
Chapter 4. A Radical Interactionist Perspective on Family Conflicts and Mothers with Substance Use Problems; Kimberly M. Baker
Chapter 5. Breaking Step: Silence, Resonance, and Everyday Precariousness in Academic Settings; John C. Pruit, Carol Rambo, and Amanda G. Pruit
Chapter 6. First-Generation Students' Identity Construction, Concealment, & COVID-driven Reckonings: Reconciling Self-Definitions Amidst Institutional Contradiction; Linda M. Waldron, Danielle Docka-Filipek, Carlie Carter, and Rachel Thornton
Chapter 7. Criminalized Subjectivity and Racial Stigma: Implications for the Identity and Self-Concept of Black University Students; Julien Grayer
Chapter 8. Performance or Appearance: Paradoxical Generalized Others of the College Female Athletes; Shing-Ling S. Chen, Zhuojun Joyce Chen and Courtney Styron
