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Title Contributions from European symbolic interactionists : conflict and cooperation / edited by Thaddeus Müller, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Publication Info. Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2015.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in symbolic interaction ; 45
Studies in symbolic interaction ; 45.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Front Cover; Contributions from European Symbolic Interactionists: Conflict and Cooperation; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Editor's Introduction; Volume Editor's Introduction: The Meandering Links of Symbolic Interaction in European Academia; Men who Like Using and Abusing Women: The Perspective of Clients on Escort Agency Workers; Methodological Note; "Normal" Woman versus Escort -- Constructing the Understandings of What a Prostitute Is; Mere Commodity -- Objectifying Women as a Way to Gain Control; Shopping for Sex, "Playing" with "Goodies"
Degrading Escorts as a Way to Sustain a Positive Image of SelfConcluding Remarks; Notes; References; Women and the Gender Gap in Urban Sociology: A Case Study of Afrikaanderwijk, South Rotterdam; Prologue; Introduction; The Dutch Migrant Context; The Gender Gap; Personal Impressions of Afrikaanderwijk; Afrikaanderwijk then and Now; Defining Diversity; Research Methods; Profile Interviewees; Getting in; Findings; A ladder of Interaction; Observation & Eye Contact; Greeting; Quick Chat; Long Chat; Hanging Out; Institutional Spaces; Semi-Public Space Experiences
Ethnic Diversity, Gender and Public SpaceConclusion; Notes; References; Making Sense of Others in a Super-Diverse City: Ethnic Categorization in Public Space; Ethnic Diversity in Everyday Urban Life; Ethnic Categorization in Public Space; How to Assess Ethnic Categorization without Essentializing Ethnicity; Bospolder Square in Rotterdam; Ethnic Categorization at Bospolder Square; Playing: 'This Square Is Ours, Not Yours!'; Sitting: 'Moroccans Sit with Moroccans and Turks Sit with Turks'; Passing by: 'I Don't Think I Belong There Either'
Avoiding: 'There Are Only Moroccans and Turks Here, and One Yugoslav. You Don't See Other People Here'Conclusion: The Role of Ethnic Categorization in Using and Experiencing Public Space; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Outsiders as Invaders: on the Attitudes of Maltese Citizens toward Irregular Immigrants; Introduction; Attitudes of Maltese Citizens toward Irregular Immigrants; Post-Migration Flow Changes; Employment; Health Care; Living Space; Safety; The Role of the Media; Personal Experience; Persistence of Pre-Existing Stigmas; Conclusion; Notes; References; Websites
"... and we have Lots of Food, so we Believe it is True" -- Dramatizations of Self-Change in Papua New GuineaIntroduction; Dramatic Self-Change; Methods; Dramatizing Self-Change: Practices That Need Not Be Secured and Practices That Need to Be Secured; Practices That Need Not Be Secured; Public Confessions; Verbal Denigration of the Old Tradition; Integration into the Structure; Adopting Practices and Symbols; Destruction of Old Rituals and Symbols; Practices That Need to Be Secured: Signs of Enlightenment and Stories about Encounters with God; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References
Summary The papers in this volume were presented at the third conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI). The theme of the 2012 conference was ""Conflict, Cooperation and Transformation in Everyday Life."" This volume focuses on interactions of Conflict and Cooperation.
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Subject Symbolic interactionism -- Methodology.
Symbolic interactionism.
Methodology.
Social interaction -- Methodology.
Social interaction -- Methodology.
Social interaction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Müller, Thaddeus, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Müller, Thaddeus Contributions from European Symbolic Interactionists : Conflict and Cooperation Bradford : Emerald Group Publishing Limited,c2015 9781784418564
ISBN 9781784418557 electronic book
1784418552 electronic book
9781784418564