Theoretical and ethnographical approaches examine symbolic interactionism’s ability to deploy the concepts of structure and agency in sociological explanation. It illuminates the dialectic of oppression and resistance in everyday life, illustrating that actors make meaning through resistance.
Author(s): Gil Richard Musolf (editor)
Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction (48)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: xiii, 220 pages
City: Bingley
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Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Oppression and Resistance: A Structure-and-Agency Perspective
Oppression
Structure
Agency
Structure and Agency
Forms of Oppression
Class Exploitation
Superiority Delusions
White Supremacy
Male Supremacy
Epistemological Imperialism
Epistemological Emancipation and Resistance
Social Justice and Transformation
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgment
References
Behind Closed Doors: Organizational Secrecy, Stigma, and Sex Abuse within the Catholic Church
Just a Few “Bad Apples?”
Stigma and Information Management
The Stigmatized Organization and the Control of Discrediting Information
A Note on Methodology
Sex Abuse and Organizational Secrecy within the Catholic Church
Secrecy and the Discreditable Church
The Role of the Bishop and Canon Law
Structural Resources and the Maintenance of Secrecy
Losing Control of the Secret
Rumors and Empowerment: A Discussion of Organizational Secrecy and Stigma
Notes
References
“Black Man/White Tower”: A Performative Film Autocritography
“To Sir With Love”
Selling the Black Dean
“Dangerous Minds”
A Principle of Color
“Lean on Me”
“So you’re the head nigger in charge?”
“Stand and Deliver” and “The Great Debaters”
Story # 1: A Lesson on Juxtapositions
Story #2: Walking the Dog/Being the Dog
Reasons to Stay
Notes
References
Films
Transforming Identities of Illness through Aesthetic Narrative Collaboration
Uncharted Territory
Narrative as a Tool for Patients
Narrative Theatre Strategies for the Patient and Health Professional
Audience as Spect-Actor
Discovering Metaphors of Self through Creative Collaboration with Others
Beginning the Journey
Developing Sensory Sculptures of the Self through Found Materials
Exploring Visual Awareness of Self and Other in the Mirror Sequence
Experimenting with Tempos of Self-Awareness through Rhythmic Patterns of Flow and Disruption
Honoring the Source of Energy within the Self
Bifurcating the Performing Self to Explore Layers Within
Creating Choric Voices: The Self within a Social World
Mapping a Narrative Journey: Pointers for the Guide
Destinations
Explorations
A Possible Itinerary
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
After-Math
Acknowledgments
References
Power, Emergence, and the Meanings of Resistance: Open access Scholarly Publishing in Canada
Introduction
Symbolic Interaction, Power, and Emergence
Open Access Scholarly Publishing: A Brief History of Emergent Events
Methods and Data
Research Findings: Open Access as Resistance
Resisting Capitalist Profit Motives
Resisting Access Barriers to Audiences
Resisting Access Barriers to Contributors
Challenging Academic Publication Norms
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgment
References
Collective and Community Work in Senegal: Resisting Colonial and Neoliberal Models of Economic Development
Introduction
Colonial Occupation and Resistance
Independence, Economic Shifts, and New Community Roles
Lac Rose
Ndem’s Daara
Community Structures as Resistance
Acknowledgments
References
Time to Defy: The Use of Temporal Spaces to Enact Resistance
Thought Community Membership
Rational Time
Setting and Methodology
Temporal Practices
Clocking Time
Why Clocks?
Conclusion
References
Dupe, Schemer, Mother: Navigating Agency and Constraint at Work
“Foolish” Policies, Foolish Workers?
Literature Review
Workers and Women: Gendered Resistance on the Shop Floor
Data and Methods
Research Setting
Everyday Resistance
Making Sense: Schemers
Navigating Agency and Constraint
Making Sense: “You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do”
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
References
“They Expect You to Be Better”: Mentoring as a Tool of Resistance among Black Fraternity Men
Literature Review
Campus Hostilities and Everyday Resistance
Student Group Membership and Mentoring
Methods
Findings
Success through Motivation
Connecting to the Black Community
Developing Leadership and Professionalism
Conclusion
References
Public Sociology and Symbolic Interactionism: Participatory Research and Writing Culture with a Southern Native American Tribe
Introduction
Methodology
The Ethnographic Sites
The Predicament of Histories
The Invention of the Southeast Indian
The Myth of Relatively Isolated and Unified Tribes
The Myth of the Recognizable, Real Indian
Invisibility
Visibility
Dialogue with a Second Observer/Interpreter
At The Crossroads
Changing Course
Conclusion
State Recognition and Beyond
References
About the Authors
