ISBN:
9781409451907
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (357 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Interactionist Currents
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Drama of Social Life : A Dramaturgical Handbook
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Whatever else they may be doing, human beings are also and always expressing themselves whenever they are in the awareness of others. As such, the metaphor of life as theater - of people playing roles to audiences who review them and then coordinate further action - is an ancient idea that has been resurrected by social scientists as an organizing simile for the analysis and understanding of social life. The Drama of Social Life examines this dramaturgical approach to social life, bringing together the latest original work from leading contemporary dramaturgical thinkers across the social scie
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Classical and Contemporary Thinkers and Perspectives in Dramaturgical Thought; 1 Drama as Life: The Seminal Contributions of Kenneth Burke; 2 Tale of the Evolutionary Drama of Symboling: A Dramaturgical Digression; 3 Victor Turner's Dramaturgical Theory of Ritual; 4 The Dramaturgical Legacy of Erving Goffman; PART II: Foundational Concepts; 5 Situation and Structure in the Making of Selves; 6 Authenticity and the Dramaturgical Self; 7 Dramaturgy and Motivation: Motive Talk, Accounts, and Disclaimers
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Role-Distance, Activity Distance, and the Dramaturgic MetaphorPART III: Substantive Investigations and Empirical Elaborations; 9 Social Movements and the Dramatic Framing of Social Reality; 10 The Drama of Dissent: Police, Protesters, and Political Impression Management; 11 Media Dramas and the Social Construction of Reality; 12 The Performative Body: Dramaturgy, the Body, and Embodiment; 13 Museum Drama and Interaction Order "Sui Generis": Works of Art as Hubs for Co-Orientation; 14 Puttin' on Your Face: Staged Emotions among Barbershop Singers; 15 Transsexuals' Gendered Self-Presentations
Description / Table of Contents:
16 Sadomasochistic Selves: Dramaturgical Dimensions of SM PlayPART IV: The Future of Dramaturgical Thinking; 17 The Dramaturgy of Digital Experience; 18 Dramaturgy and Post-Structuralism; 19 Hypermodern Dramaturgy in Online Encounters; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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