THE SYMBOLIC CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Symbolism and boundary -- Symbolism and meaning -- Symbol, culture, community -- Community: the 'classical' tradition, and Chicago -- The debris of Chicago: some myths exposed -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 - Symbolizing the Boundary -- Introduction -- The boundary and social change -- Ritual and the boundary -- Symbolic reversals and self-awareness -- Chapter 3 - Communities of Meaning -- Introduction -- Community: structure or symbol? -- Symbolism and social change -- Appearances are deceptive -- Appearance and transformation -- Chapter 4 - The Symbolic Construction of Community -- Community as a mental construct -- Symbolizing the past -- Responding to the present: ethnicity and locality -- Community and identity -- Opposition and boundary: the symbolic construction of community -- References -- Index.