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Qualitative Sociology as Everyday Life
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May 1999 | 296 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This insightful volume collects essays from some of the most renowned sociologists working today. They examine the ways that sociological understanding helps them with their daily experiences. These essays reflect the desire to understand experiences in a broader context rather than as random and isolated events - and how the qualitative approach can achieve that end.
Organized around the notion of place - public places, family spaces, interior spaces, and workplaces, the essays touch on the major sub-disciplines within sociology.
PART ONE: PUBLIC PLACES
Candace West
Not Even a Day in the Life
Lillian B Rubin
The Nursing Home
Sherryl Kleinman
Essaying the Personal
Shulamit Reinharz
Enough Already! The Pervasiveness of Warnings in Everyday Life
Clinton R Sanders
Earn as You Learn
Christine L Williams
Real Life Sexual Harassment
PART TWO: FAMILY SPACES
Naomi Gerstel and Robert Zussman
A Conversation about Parenting
Susan E Bell
On the (Re)Production of Social Class
Lynne Davidman
The Personal, the Sociological, and the Intersection of the Two
Marjorie L DeVault
"Are We Alone?"
Peter K Manning
Five Minutes
PART THREE: INTERIOR SPACES
David Silverman
The Pleasure of Slowness
Peter Conrad
It's Boring
Barry Schwartz
Memory and the Practices of Commitment
Norman K Denzin
Performing Montana
Pepper Schwartz
A Personal Passage
Arlene Kaplan Daniels
Standing on the Threshold and Tripping
Joshua Gamson
My Life with Xena and Billy
PART FOUR: WORKPLACES
Sharon M Collins
Affirmative Action and Me
Derral Cheatwood
Making Sense and Making a Difference
Barrie Thorne and Arlie Russell Hochschild
Feeling at Home at Work
Robert Dingwall
On the Nonnegotiable in Sociological Life
Jonathan D Moreno
Is There a Philosopher in the House?
Allan Schnaiberg
The Two Faces of Professional Discretion
Paul M Hirsch
Qualitative Sociology and Good Journalism as Demystifiers
Shirah W Hecht and Howard S Becker
Talks between Teachers