Category Archives: race

New Book Review: Gary Alan Fine (@garyalanfine) discusses Raúl Pérez’s (@RaulPerezSoc) book “The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy” https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.608 #sssi #sociology #race #humor

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

On Early View of Symbolic Interaction, we have just published Gary Alan Fine’s review of Raúl Pérez’s book “The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy”. Fine argues that “Pérez has written the most consequential sociological analysis … Continue reading →

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New Book Review: Ken Kolb (@kenhkolb) reviews the updated edition of “Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled and How to Work for Change” #sssi #sociology #race #policing https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.604 @sociologylens

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

We have just published Ken Kolb’s review of the Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith’s edited volume Earl “Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled and How to Work for Change“. Kolb argues that as “Hattery and Smith demonstrate in painstaking detail, … Continue reading →

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New Article: “Anticipating White Futures: The Ends-Based Orientation of White Thinking” by Jennifer Mueller and DyAnna K. Washington @sociologylens https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.563 #sssi #sociology #race

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

Symbolic Interaction has published a new article entitled “Anticipating White Futures: The Ends-based Orientation of White Thinking”. In their article, Jennifer Mueller and DyAnna K. Washington use Mueller’s Theory of Racial Ignorance to explore how racial cognition abides by ends-based … Continue reading →

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New Article on Editor’s Invitation: Matthew W. Hughey “How Blackness Matters in White Lives” https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.552 #sssi #BLM #race #racialization @sociologylens

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

From time to time, the editor of Symbolic Interaction invites scholars with expertise in particular areas to write subject-specific articles. One of these invited pieces has just been published on Early View. In his article, Matthew W. Hughey notes that … Continue reading →

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New Review: Celeste Vaughan Curington on ‘Tacit Racism’ by Anne W. Rawls and Waverly Duck #sssi #emca https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.530 @sociologylens

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

In her review of Anne W. Rawls and Waverly Duck’s ‘Tacit Racism’ Celeste Vaughn Curington describes the book as “an interesting and thought‐provoking read.” And she suggested that “[a]s a text to introduce students to the array of interactional dynamics … Continue reading →

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New Article by Celeste Vaughan Curington ““We’re the Show at the Circus”: Racially Dissecting the Multiracial Body” https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.484 #sssi @SociologyLens

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

In her paper “‘We’re the Show at the Circus’: Racially Dissecting the Multiracial Body” Celeste Vaughan Curington explores how the meaning and consequence of multiraciality are formed within a racialized interaction order. SSSI Members can download the article by clicking … Continue reading →

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Early View – Lisa Flower’s review of J.L. Pierce’s “Racing for Innocence” #sssi #sociology

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

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Review of Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman’s book “The Color of Love” #sssi #sociology

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

In his review, Chris Conner describes Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman’s book “The Color of Love” as  “an excellent ethnographic project examining how race is constituted and affects the everyday lives of Afro-Brazilian family members.” By making an important contribution to our understanding of the … Continue reading →

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New Books for Review! First come, first served! #sssi

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Blog

I have received a number of books that I’d like to have reviewed over the coming few months. If you are interested please contact me at dirk.vom_lehn@kcl.ac.uk  both assigned   assigned   assigned  assigned   assigned    assigned   assigned  assigned       assigned If … Continue reading →

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