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Constructing the social / edited by Theodore R. Sarbin and John I. Kitsuse.

Contributor(s): Sarbin, Theodore R. (Theodore Roy), 1911- | Kitsuse, John I.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Sage, 1994Description: xiii, 256 p. + pbk.ISBN: 0803986793 (m); 0803986807 (v) (pbk).Subject(s): Interpersonal skills | Social skills | Interpersonal communicationDDC classification: 302
Contents:
Part I: Public documents as sources of social constructions -- Part II: Sociopolitical factors in the construction of social categories -- Part III: The deconstruction of popular conceptions.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

If you are looking for a clear, concrete overview on social constructionist research and analysis, look no further than Constructing the Social. This timely volume pools the talents of many leading psychologists and sociologists, who in each case ground theory into practical examples. Contributors demonstrate that human beings are principally social agents rather than passive reactors that process information. Each contributor analyzes the historical and cultural contexts implicit in a wide range of key issues including anxiety, the family, intelligence, aging, and depression.Constructing the Social is an invaluable resource for psychologists, sociologists, and other researchers across the social sciences who seek to understand the implications of social constructionist theory.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Public documents as sources of social constructions -- Part II: Sociopolitical factors in the construction of social categories -- Part III: The deconstruction of popular conceptions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Prologue
  • Part 1 Public Documents as Sources of Social Constructions
  • The Social Construction of Personal Histories
  • Gendered Lives in Popular Autobiographies
  • The Social Construction of Pregnancy and Fetal Development
  • Notes on a Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric of Endangerment
  • Correspondents' Images of Martin Luther King Jr
  • An Interpretive Theory of Movement Leadership
  • Part 2 Sociopolitical Factors in The Construction of Social Categories
  • Practices of Truth-Finding in a Court of Law
  • The Case of Revised Stories
  • Gender, Science and Sexual Dysfunction
  • The Many and Varied Social Constructions of Intelligence
  • Some Constructionist Observations on 'Anxiety' and its History
  • Part 3 The Deconstruction of Popular Conceptions
  • Genius
  • A Social Construction, the Case of Beethoven's Initial Recognition
  • Ageism and the Deployments of 'Age'
  • A Constructionist View
  • Cocaine Careers
  • Historical and Individual Constructions
  • A Sociocultural Construction of 'Depressions'
  • Constructing Family
  • Descriptive Practice and Domestic Order

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Theodore R Sarbin is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Criminology and John I Kitsuse is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, both at Adlai E Stevenson College, University of California, Santa Cruz