Front cover -- Studies in Symbolic Interaction -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Peter M. Hall lecture series -- Chapter 1. Elaborating the discursive contexts of framing: discursive fields and spaces -- Delimiting the conception of discursive opportunity structures -- Discursive fields -- Discursive space -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2. Invited comment: Framing, Actions and Feedback -- References -- Part II: Honoring Patricia Ticeneto Cloughaposs Contributions to Sociology and Social Theory -- Chapter 3. Celebrating work -- References -- Chapter 4. Saving sociology -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5. Rewriting the subject of knowledge: Contributions from the work of Patricia Ticineto Clough -- The end of ethnographyquest You mean, what I am doingquest -- Troubling the eyesolI of experience -- Technology, the unconscious, and autoaffection -- Affect, bodies, and open complexity: Toward revising cultural theory and criticism for the becoming now -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part III: Theoretical Interventions -- Chapter 6. Producing, consuming, and providing instruction on poetic texts in the classical roman era: the pragmatist contributions of Horace, Longinus, and Plutarch -- Introduction -- Poetics in the roman era: foundations, emphases, and authors -- On human knowing and acting -- Horace -- Longinus On the Sublime -- Plutarch -- In perspective -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 7. Identities and involutes: some reflections on narrative ethics -- Introduction -- De Quincey's involute -- De Quincey's identity -- Addams's involute -- Addams's identity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8. Social symbolism: forms and functions - a pragmatist perspective -- Problems of symbolization -- Symbolization and interaction.

From cognitive to pragmatic approach to symbolism -- Basics of the symbolic construction of society -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9. Responding to verbal ambiguity: the case of puns -- The meaning of the groan response -- The problematic deciphering of puns -- Do puns disrupt discoursequest -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part IV: Race, Identity, Self -- Chapter 10. The specter of whiteness -- Introduction -- Analytical framework -- Data collection -- Who, mequest White people and racial identity -- Yes, you: a counter-hegemonic production of whiteness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11. Dimensions of the postmodern self -- The emergence of the postmodern self -- The self and the classical sociological tradition -- The self in postwar America -- Theories of the postmodern self -- Dimensions of the postmodern self -- References -- Chapter 12. Others in the making of selves -- An assortment of others -- Issues of power: Territorial boundaries, agency, and resistance -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13. Symbolic spaces in dirty work: academic service as authentic resistance -- Service and the culture of the professoriate -- Authenticity and inauthenticity -- Method -- Service and inauthenticity -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 14. Using myth to break oppression: an interactive investigation of Ecuador's Mestizo cultural identity -- Ecuador's Mestizo identity crisis -- Breaking oppression through the Three-R's (Recreation, Reconstruction, and Revolution) -- Mythology: A tool for breaking oppression -- Engaging ''authentic living'' through theater of the oppressed -- Exploring Ecuador's myth -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References.

Chapter 15. From Cosby's lips and through the media's filters: A framing analysis of Bill Cosby's remarks on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of education and the journalistic response -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Future Study -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 16. Reconstructing relationships in the classroom: an autoethnographic tale of learning -- Senior Year: 1980-1981 -- February 2005 -- October 2004 -- Fall 1975 -- Summer 1993 -- December 2004 -- January 2004 -- April 2002 -- April 2002 -- April 2002 -- June 2005 -- October 2003 -- First Day Of Class: Spring 2005 -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 17. My short and happy life as a decorated war hero -- ''Giving the Gouge'': Becoming a Spear Carrier for the Empire -- Learning the male code -- Gundecking -- Cumshawing -- Gedunk medals and wartime heroism -- References -- Part V: Empirical Interventions -- Chapter 18. The home run: A Dramaturgical moment in time -- The dramaturgical narrative of the home run -- Temporal dramaturgy of the home run -- The meaning of home runs and dramaturgical responses: the home run call -- References -- Chapter 19. Scorekeeping versus storytelling: Representational practices in the construction of ''hate crime'' -- Introduction -- Scorekeeping and storytelling about hate crime -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 20. The use of critical life history inquiry as a methodology for studying the identity construction of activist educators -- Introduction -- Life history inquiry: critical approaches -- Strengths -- Paradoxes, tensions, and dilemmas -- Insidersoloutsider -- Speaking with others rather than speaking for them -- Giving voice to the oppressed vs. amplifying oppressed people's voices -- The data collection process -- The interview process.

Transcribing, ''translating'' and analyzing the life stories -- Validity -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 21. Community in a mobile subculture: the world of the touring motorcyclist -- Introduction -- Conceptual models of community -- Methods -- Solidarity and collective identity among riders -- Brand-specific community -- Master status within a brand-specific community -- Motorcycle touring and rallies as community -- Serious and long-distance riding as boundary markers -- Discussion and conclusion -- References.