Symbolic Interactionism and Cultural Studies
The Politics of Interpretation
Twentieth Century Social Theory
1. Auflage Mai 1992
240 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Symbolic interactionism is one of the most enduring - and certainly
the most sociological - of all social psychologies. In this
landmark work, Norman K. Denzin traces its tortured history from
its roots in American pragmatism to its present-day encounter with
poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Arguing that if interactionism is to continue to thrive and grow
it must incorporate elements of post structural and post-modern
theory into its underlying views of history, culture and politics,
the author develops a research agenda which merges the
interactionist sociological imagination with the critical insights
on contemporary feminism and cultural studies.
Norman Denzin's programmatic analysis of symbolic
interactionism, which develops a politics of interpretation merging
theory and practice, will be welcomed by students and scholars in a
wide range of disciplines, from sociology to cultural studies.
Preface.
1. The Interactionist Heritage.
2. The Interpretive Heritage.
3. Critique and Renewal: Links to Cultural Studies.
4. Enter Cultural Studies.
5. Communications as the Interactionist Problematic.
6. Interactionist Cultural Criticism.
7. Into Politics.
References.
Index.
