Category Archives: identity

New Book Review: Gordon C. Chang on “Studies on the Social Construction of Identity and Authenticity” edited by J. Patrick Williams & Kaylan C. Schwarz https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.581 #sssi #identity #authenticity #sociology #marketing @sociologylens

We have just published Jason Rodriquez review of Tania M. Jenkins’ book “Doctors’ Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession”. Members of SSSI can download the review HERE or by clicking the image below.

Posted in Book Review, book reviews, identity, interactionism | Leave a comment

New Article on Early View: “We Are the Women Our Parents Warned UsAgainst”: Identity Reconstruction and theRe-Imagining of Gender After High-CostReligious Disaffiliation” by Bethany Gull #sssi #sociology #identity #socialmedia cc @sociologylens

This paper examines the identity work of women undergoing high-cost religious disaffiliation by examining the exit experiences of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon). Previous research into religious change has not fully engaged with … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis, identity, internet, social media | Leave a comment

New Article: “They Told Me My Name: Developing a Deaf Identity” by Laura Mauldin and Tara Fannon #sssi #sociology #deaf #identity

In their article “The told me my name: developing a deaf identity” Laura Mauldin and Tara Fannon analyze qualitative data collected through narrative interviews with five Deaf, gay and lesbian individuals with different racial backgrounds and find that deaf people’s … Continue reading

Posted in #sssi, Analysis, identity | Leave a comment

New Article: Casey Scheibling “Doing Fatherhood Online” #sssi #sociology

In his article “Doing Fatherhood Online: Men’s Parental Identities, Experiences, and Ideologies on Social Media” Casey Scheibling explores how men write about fatherhood on the internet. The article has just been published on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. SSSI Members … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis, identity | Leave a comment

New Article: “A Year Then Forever: Personal Resolution Making and the Temporal Bridge of the Near Future” by Jamie L. Mullaney #sssi #sociology #identity #time

We have just published a new article on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. The article entitled “A Year Then Forever: Personal Resolution Making and the Temporal Bridge of the Near Future” by Jamie L. Mullaney examines in-depth interviews to explore the … Continue reading

Posted in #sssi, Analysis, identity, temporality, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

New Article on Theories of Self and Emotion in Symbolic Interactionism #sssi #sociology

In their article “Two Faces of Self and Emotion in Symbolic Interactionism: From Process to Structure and Culture—And Back” Linda A. Francis and Richard E. Adams trace the development of Affect Control Theory and Identity Theory and outline some paradigmatic … Continue reading

Posted in #sssi, Analysis, identity | Leave a comment

New on Early View: Lee R. Blackstone on “The Aural and Moral Idylls of ‘Englishness’ and Folk Music” #sssi #music #sociology

We have just published a new article on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Lee Robert Blackstone’s article explores ‘Englishness as a historical social construction’. Members of SSSI can access the article by clicking on the image below. The article comes with a … Continue reading

Posted in #sssi, Analysis, identity, interactionism, Journal | 1 Comment

New Article on Early view: “Stories of Non-becoming” #sssi #sociology #identity

By taking asexual lives as an example Susie Scott, Liz McDonnell and Matt Dawson explore the negation of identity and the suspension of a trajectory. Their article “Stories of Non-becoming: Non-issues, Non-events and Non-identities in Asexual Lives” has just been … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis, gender, identity, Journal, SSSI | Leave a comment

       Performances, Structures and Eugene Halton #sssi #sociology

Below you’ll see Robert Perinbanayagam’s response to Eugene Halton’s review of his book “Identity’s Moments: The Self in Action and Interaction“. If you have read Robert’s book and/or Eugene’s review please do add your comments below.  Dirk (@dirkvl) ————– It must be; it … Continue reading

Posted in #sssi, identity, sociology, Symbolic Interaction, temporality | Leave a comment

Review of Robert Perinbanayagam’s “Identity Moments” by Eugene Halton #sssi #sociology #identity

Eugene’s review of Robert Perinbanayagam’s book “Identity’s Moments: The Self in Action and Interaction” (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012, 206 pp.) has just been published on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.

Posted in Book Review, identity | Leave a comment

On Early View: “Identity Dilemmas: Toward a More Situated Understanding” by Jennifer Leigh Dunn and S.J. Creek #sssi #sociology #identity

In Symbolic Interaction there is a long-standing interest in “identity dilemmas”, i.e. when people experience “conflicting sets of normative expectations, and by the holding of “contradictory” identities”. In their article “Identity Dilemmas: Toward a More Situated Understanding” Jennifer Leigh Dunn and … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis, identity, identity dilemma, sociology, SSSI | Leave a comment

Book Review on Early View: Scott Grills – Becoming Professors: The Scholarly Life and the Liberal Arts Campus #sssi #education

According to Scott Grills of “Roads Taken: The Professional Life, Scholarship in Place, and the Public Good” edited by Roger Epp and Bill Spellman is an “eclectic volume [that] captures the personal narratives of scholars whose life and work has … Continue reading

Posted in Book Review, Community, Education, Higher Education, identity, interactionism, Liberal Arts, Scholarship, Stigma | Leave a comment

Early View: Review of Steph Lawler’s “Identity” #sssi

With “identity” being one of the key interactionist concepts we and our students welcome textbooks that are concerned with the past and current developments related to identity. Steph Lawler has recently published the second edition of her book on Identity … Continue reading

Posted in Book Review, identity, interactionism, sociology | Leave a comment