Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology

by Spencer E. Cahill, Kent Sandstrom, and Carissa Froyum

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Now in its seventh edition, this best-selling reader provides an introduction to the sociological study of social psychology, interpersonal interaction, embodiment, emotion, selfhood, inequality, and the politics of everyday realities. Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology presents forty-two selections that include both classic and contemporary theoretical work and empirical studies. Detailed introductions to each part
and article identify and explain central issues, key concepts, and relationships among topics.The seventh edition features extended introductions to each of the book's nine parts as well as
reflective questions for critical thinking and application at the end of each reading. It also includes ten new readings on such engaging topics as:* Self-presentation in on-line worlds * The management of emotion by Mixed Martial Arts fighters* The bodily labor and discipline expected of fashion models * The dramaturgical rituals and masculine displays that characterize "girl hunts" * The reproduction of racial
hierarchies in an organization that serves black youth* Stigma management among mobile home residents * The justification of divorce by conservative Christian women * The social
construction of family troublesAn Instructor's Resource CD including chapter summaries, key points, and reflective questions and answer guidelines is available for qualified instructors.
  • ISBN10 0199978115
  • ISBN13 9780199978113
  • Publish Date 27 June 2013 (first published 1 January 1994)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 9 November 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
  • Edition 7th edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 496
  • Language English