Identities in Talk
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Identity attracts some of social scienceÆs liveliest and most passionate debates. Theory abounds on matters as disparate as nationhood, ethnicity, gender politics, and culture. But there is much less investigation into the actual empirical details of how identity appears in the details of everyday life. This book gathers together, in a collection of chapters that draw on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, arguments that show that identities are constructed æliveÆ in the actual exchange of talk. By closely examining tapes and transcripts of real social interactions from a wide range of situations, using ethnomethodological and conversation analytic methods, the book examines just how it is that a person can be ascribed to a category and what features about that category are consequential for the interaction.
This thoughtful volume is ideal for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers in social psychology, sociology, communication, and anthropology.
Contents
Identity as an Achievement and as a Tool
Identity as an Achievement and as a Tool
PART ONE: SALIENCE AND THE BUSINESS OF IDENTITY
- The Relevant Thing about Her
- Social Identity Categories in Use
- How Gun Owners Accomplish Being Deadly Average
- `But You Don't Class Yourself'
- The Interactional Management of Category Membership and Non-Membership
- Identity Ascriptions in Their Time and Place
- `Fagin' and `The Terminally Dim'
PART TWO: DISCOURSE IDENTITIES AND SOCIAL IDENTITIES
- Identity, Context and Interaction
- Mobilizing Discourse and Social Identities in Knowledge Talk
- Talk and Identity in Divorce Mediation
PART THREE: MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND THEIR PRACTICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RELEVANCE
- Describing `Deviance' in School
- Recognizably Educational Psychological Problems
- Being Ascribed, and Resisting, Membership of an Ethnic Group
- Handling `Incoherence' According to the Speaker's On-Sight Categorization
PART FOUR: EPILOGUE
- Identity as an Analysts' and a Participants' Resource
Description
Identity attracts some of social scienceÆs liveliest and most passionate debates. Theory abounds on matters as disparate as nationhood, ethnicity, gender politics, and culture. But there is much less investigation into the actual empirical details of how identity appears in the details of everyday life. This book gathers together, in a collection of chapters that draw on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, arguments that show that identities are constructed æliveÆ in the actual exchange of talk. By closely examining tapes and transcripts of real social interactions from a wide range of situations, using ethnomethodological and conversation analytic methods, the book examines just how it is that a person can be ascribed to a category and what features about that category are consequential for the interaction.
This thoughtful volume is ideal for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers in social psychology, sociology, communication, and anthropology.
Contents
Identity as an Achievement and as a Tool
Identity as an Achievement and as a Tool
PART ONE: SALIENCE AND THE BUSINESS OF IDENTITY
- The Relevant Thing about Her
- Social Identity Categories in Use
- How Gun Owners Accomplish Being Deadly Average
- `But You Don't Class Yourself'
- The Interactional Management of Category Membership and Non-Membership
- Identity Ascriptions in Their Time and Place
- `Fagin' and `The Terminally Dim'
PART TWO: DISCOURSE IDENTITIES AND SOCIAL IDENTITIES
- Identity, Context and Interaction
- Mobilizing Discourse and Social Identities in Knowledge Talk
- Talk and Identity in Divorce Mediation
PART THREE: MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND THEIR PRACTICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RELEVANCE
- Describing `Deviance' in School
- Recognizably Educational Psychological Problems
- Being Ascribed, and Resisting, Membership of an Ethnic Group
- Handling `Incoherence' According to the Speaker's On-Sight Categorization
PART FOUR: EPILOGUE
- Identity as an Analysts' and a Participants' Resource
October 1998 | 240 pages | Sage UK
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| Hardcover | 31/03/2026 | 9780761950608 | $231.00 |
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Identity attracts some of social scienceÆs liveliest and most passionate debates. Theory abounds on matters as disparate as nationhood, ethnicity, gender politics, and culture. But there is much less investigation into the actual empirical details of how identity appears in the details of everyday life. This book gathers together, in a collection of chapters that draw on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, arguments that show that identities are constructed æliveÆ in the actual exchange of talk. By closely examining tapes and transcripts of real social interactions from a wide range of situations, using ethnomethodological and conversation analytic methods, the book examines just how it is that a person can be ascribed to a category and what features about that category are consequential for the interaction.
This thoughtful volume is ideal for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers in social psychology, sociology, communication, and anthropology.
Table Of Contents:
- Identity as an Achievement and as a Tool
- PART ONE: SALIENCE AND THE BUSINESS OF IDENTITY
- The Relevant Thing about Her
- Social Identity Categories in Use
- How Gun Owners Accomplish Being Deadly Average
- `But You Don't Class Yourself'
- The Interactional Management of Category Membership and Non-Membership
- Identity Ascriptions in Their Time and Place
- `Fagin' and `The Terminally Dim'
- PART TWO: DISCOURSE IDENTITIES AND SOCIAL IDENTITIES
- Identity, Context and Interaction
- Mobilizing Discourse and Social Identities in Knowledge Talk
- Talk and Identity in Divorce Mediation
- PART THREE: MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND THEIR PRACTICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RELEVANCE
- Describing `Deviance' in School
- Recognizably Educational Psychological Problems
- Being Ascribed, and Resisting, Membership of an Ethnic Group
- Handling `Incoherence' According to the Speaker's On-Sight Categorization
- PART FOUR: EPILOGUE
- Identity as an Analysts' and a Participants' Resource