Shyness and Society
The Illusion of Competence
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave USA
Published:10th Jan '07
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£44.99(9781349545018)
Using Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places. The question of interactional competence is discussed in relation to issues of identity, embodiment, performativity and deviance.
Shortlisted for the 2008 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. For more information about the prize, see http://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/PAM.htm
'This book is a 'should read' for anyone sociologically interested in the public performance of emotions, the self, and identity.' - Michael Atkinson, American Journal of Sociology
ISBN: 9781403996039
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194 pages