Symbols, Selves, and Social Reality: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Social Psychology and Sociology

By Gary Alan Fine, Daniel D. Martin, Kent L. Sandstrom

Book Overview

The fourth edition of Symbols, Selves, and Social Reality provides students with a succinct, engaging, and affordable introduction to symbolic interactionism--the perspective that social reality is created, negotiated, and changed through the process of social interaction.

Focusing on how elements of race and gender affect identity, the authors use real-world examples to discuss the personal significance of symbolic interactionism, its expanding theoretical scope, and its relationship to other prominent perspectives in sociology and social psychology. They skillfully cover empirical research topics that are inherently interesting to students, such as the dynamics of self-development, impression management, identity transformation, gender play, rumor transmission, and collective action.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199933758
• ISBN13: 9780199933754
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

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Best Damned Symbolic Interaction Text Available

Sandstrom, Martin & Fine's text is one of the most complete, if not the most complete, introduction to symbolic interaction available to date. It's comprehensive and accessible. Though it's probably best suited for undergraduate sociology classes, perhaps at the senior level, I use it in my doctoral classes to give students an overview and introduction to the field. I find that students at whatever level who have not been exposed to symbolic interactionism can use this book as a springboard, a reference, to more profound understanding.

Amazing!

Amazing book. Such a help in my thesis. Links feminism to symbolic interactionist thought. Gives clear explanations and examples of terms and concepts. A+.