Symbolic Interactionism And Cultural Studies Paperback 1st Edition

Norman K. Denzin

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

1557862915

9781557862914

English

John Wiley & Sons

8-Mar-14

236

1st Edition