SOCI 3403 - Individual and Society

Module 1
Symbolic interactionism
Potter, Garry
2020
A clue to the nature of man: the symbol
Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.
An essay on man : an introduction to a philosophy of human culture, Yale University Press, 1944, pp. 23-26
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From animal reactions to human responses
Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.
An essay on man : an introduction to a philosophy of human culture, Yale University Press, 1944, pp. 27-41
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Society as symbolic interaction
Blumer, Herbert, 1900-1987.
Symbolic interactionism : perspective and method, University of California Press, 1969, pp. 78-89
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Children's negotiation of meaning
Mandell, Nancy
Symbolic Interaction, 1984, 7/2, pp. 191-211
Module 2
Society as subjective reality
Berger, Peter L., 1929-2017.
The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge, Open Road Integrated Media, 1966, pp. 161-182
Mind, self & society from the standpoint of a social behaviorist
Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931.
University of Chicago Press, 1934, pp. 135-144; 173-178; 192-200
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The social preservation of mind: the Alzheimer's disease experience
Gubrium, Jaber F.
Symbolic Interaction, 1986, 9/1, pp. 37-51
Module 3
Human nature and the social order
Cooley, Charles Horton
Schocken Books, 1964, pp. 181-200
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Society and personality: an interactionist approach to social psychology
Shibutani, Tamotsu
Prentice-Hall, 1961, pp. 250-260
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Of our spiritual strivings
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963,
The Souls of Black Folk, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 7-14
Module 4
The presentation of self in everyday life
Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982.
University of Edinburgh Social Sciences Research Centre, 1956, pp. 1-24
The presentation of self in everyday life
Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982.
Penguin, 1990, pp. 76-82
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The presentation of self in everyday life
Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982.
University of Edinburgh Social Sciences Research Centre, 1956, pp. 155-162
The presentation of self in everyday life
Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982.
Penguin, 1990, pp. 244-247
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Preface to the 2012 edition; Preface to the first edition
Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-
The managed heart : commercialization of human feeling, University of California Press, 2012, pp. 8-14
Managing feeling
Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-
The managed heart : commercialization of human feeling, University of California Press, 1983, pp. 35-55
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Aces and bombers: the post-exam impression management strategies of students
Albas, Daniel, & Albas, Cheryl
Symbolic Interaction, 1988, 11/2, pp. 289-302
Module 5
Mindfulness
Langer, Ellen J., 1947-
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, 1989, pp. 1-18
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Stereotypes and stereotyping
Bodenhausen, Galen V., Todd, Andrew R., & Becker, Andrew P.
Encyclopedia of social psychology, Sage Publications, 2007, pp. 939-943
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Stigma : notes on the management of spoiled identity
Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982,
Simon & Schuster, 1986, Ch. 1 & Ch. 4
Module 6
Dramaturgy and social movements: the social construction and communication of power
Benford, Robert D., & Hunt, Scott A.
Sociological Inquiry, 1992, 62/1, pp. 36-55
Social movements and the dramatic framing of social reality
Edgley, Charles
The drama of social life : a dramaturgical handbook, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013, pp. 139-155
Victory celebrations as theater: a dramaturgical approach to crowd behavior
Snow, David A., Zurcher, Louis A., & Peters, Robert
Symbolic Interaction, 1981, 4/1, pp. 21-42
A symbolic interactionist analysis of politics
Hall, Peter M.
Sociological Inquiry, 1972, 42/3-4, pp. 35-75