ISBN:
9781793640703
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (247 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.372
Keywords:
Waiting (Philosophy)
;
Socialization
;
Social structure
Abstract:
In Sociology of Waiting, Paul Christopher Price investigates how people wait and analyzes what individuals do while waiting. Shining the light on waiting permits a far superior understanding of order, first come-first serve, and how society organizes itself around taking turns. Waiting gets at our ability or inability to pause and consider others.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- God and Family -- Professor/Editor Beverly Tate -- Professor Bakhtawar (Bucky) Bhadha -- Introduction -- Sociology of Waiting -- What Is the Sociology of Waiting? -- Significance of Waiting -- Critical Writings -- Innovative Techniques -- Book Overview -- Note -- Chapter 1: Structure of Waiting -- Context of Wait-Structures -- Waiting Props -- Making Sense of Wait-Structures -- Institutional and Individual Arrangements -- Structure and Social Control -- Structure and Wait-Time -- Structure, Crowds, and Waiting -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Waiting Places -- The Ordinary: Waiting Places -- Typology of Wait Places -- Hallways as Wait Places: Courtroom, College, and High School -- Other Wait Places: Waiting in Cars, Laundry Mats, and Segregated Terminals -- Developing Wait Places -- "Things Are Not What They Seem" -- Waiting Distractions -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Wait Utilization: Things People Do While Waiting -- Institutions and Fixed Wait Activities -- Assessment -- Watching and Listening -- The Show -- "Most Willing to Wait For" -- Waiting, Reminiscing, and Thinking -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Waiting for Service -- On Customer Service -- Waiting for Service: Ordinary Waiting -- Waiting for Service: Restaurants -- Waiting for Service: Extended Waits -- iPhone Waiting -- Black Friday -- Lunch Counter Waiting -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Wait Explanations -- Explanations Offered by Institutional Representatives -- Explanation Strategies -- Showing -- Eye Contact -- Making an Appearance -- Privilege and Explanation -- Social Status and Wait Explanations -- Lies as Explanation -- No Explanation -- Explanations Offered by Ordinary Others and Inanimate Objects -- Wait-Explanations by Ordinary Others.
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