This is an account of the diversity of individual perception and the ambiguity of social interaction in an English village - Wanet. It examines the development and maintenance of social relations between three individuals: Doris, a farmer; Sid, a builder; and Nigel, the anthropologist and newcomer. Focusing on the multiplicity of world views which individuals use to make social life meaningful to themselves, it shows how these three communicate their meanings to others in daily conversation. It argues that social life is farcical, chaotic, multiple and contradictory and should not be represented by neat mechanical models or singular, authoritative, overarching systems.
- ISBN10 0748604170
- ISBN13 9780748604173
- Publish Date 22 March 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 July 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Edinburgh University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English