Self and Society

Self and Society explores the ways in which society, culture, and history affect how we define our experiences and ourselves. This reader contains 24 essays divided into four topical sections: the social construction of reality, sociology of thought and emotions, the self in social context, and interaction and inequality.

Ann Branaman teaches sociology at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She is the co-editor of The Goffman Reader (Blackwell, 1997).

List of Contributors

vii

Acknowledgments

x

Editor's Introduction

1

(6)

Ann Branaman

Part I The Social Construction of Reality

7

(80)

Introduction

9

(5)

On Being Sane in Insane Places

14

(16)

D. L. Rosenhan

Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes

30

(6)

Mark Snyder

Sluts and Studs

36

(2)

Peggy Orenstein

Body Ritual among the Nacirema

38

(4)

Horace Miner

The Reality of Self-Esteem

42

(12)

John P. Hewitt

Pricing the Priceless Child

54

(8)

Viviana Zelizer

Goodness Personified: The Emergence of Gifted Children

62

(25)

Leslie Margolin

Part II The Sociology of Thought and Emotions

87

(80)

Introduction

89

(8)

A Sociological Framework of Cognition

97

(24)

Judith A. Howard

The Meek Shall Not Inherit the Earth

121

(17)

L. Richard Della Fave

Emotion Work, Feeling Rules, and Social Structure

138

(18)

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Jealousy in American Culture, 1945-1985

156

(11)

Gordon Clanton

Part III The Self in Social Context

167

(114)

Introduction

169

(6)

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

175

(8)

Erving Goffman

The Production of Selves in Personal Relationships

183

(15)

Philip Blumstein

Intimate Relationships from a Microstructural Perspective: Men Who Mother

198

(12)

Barbara J. Risman

Social Structure and Self-Direction: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Poland

210

(8)

Melvin Kohn

Kazimierz M. Slomczynski

Salvaging the Self

218

(24)

David Snow

Leon Anderson

The Real Self: From Institution to Impulse

242

(23)

Ralph H. Turner

The Saturated Self

265

(16)

Kenneth J. Gergen

Part IV Interaction and Inequality

281

(107)

Introduction

283

(5)

Body Politics

288

(10)

Nancy M. Henley

Status Structures

298

(23)

Cecilia L. Ridgeway

Henry A. Walker

Attention for Sale: The Hidden Privileges of Class

321

(12)

Charles Derber

Yale Magrass

Contending with Everyday Discrimination: Effects and Strategies

333

(26)

Joe R. Feagin

Melvin P. Sikes

Hidden Power in Marriage

359

(22)

Aafke Komter

The Velvet Glove

381

(7)

Mary Jackman

Index

388

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