Constructing the Social
Theodore R Sarbin
- University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
John I Kitsuse
- University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
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If you are looking for a clear, concrete overview on social constructionist research and analysis, look no further than Constructing the Social. This timely volume pools the talents of many leading psychologists and sociologists, who in each case ground theory into practical examples. Contributors demonstrate that human beings are principally social agents rather than passive reactors that process information. Each contributor analyzes the historical and cultural contexts implicit in a wide range of key issues including anxiety, the family, intelligence, aging, and depression.
Constructing the Social is an invaluable resource for psychologists, sociologists, and other researchers across the social sciences who seek to understand the implications of social constructionist theory.
Contents
Prologue
Prologue
PART ONE: PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AS SOURCES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS
- The Social Construction of Personal Histories
- Gendered Lives in Popular Autobiographies
- The Social Construction of Pregnancy and Fetal Development
- Notes on a Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric of Endangerment
- Correspondents' Images of Martin Luther King Jr
- An Interpretive Theory of Movement Leadership
PART TWO: SOCIOPOLITICAL FACTORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL CATEGORIES
- Practices of Truth-Finding in a Court of Law
- The Case of Revised Stories
- Gender, Science and Sexual Dysfunction
- The Many and Varied Social Constructions of Intelligence
- Some Constructionist Observations on `Anxiety' and its History
PART THREE: THE DECONSTRUCTION OF POPULAR CONCEPTIONS
- Genius
- A Social Construction, the Case of Beethoven's Initial Recognition
- Ageism and the Deployments of `Age'
- A Constructionist View
- Cocaine Careers
- Historical and Individual Constructions
- A Sociocultural Construction of `Depressions'
- Constructing Family
- Descriptive Practice and Domestic Order
Description
If you are looking for a clear, concrete overview on social constructionist research and analysis, look no further than Constructing the Social. This timely volume pools the talents of many leading psychologists and sociologists, who in each case ground theory into practical examples. Contributors demonstrate that human beings are principally social agents rather than passive reactors that process information. Each contributor analyzes the historical and cultural contexts implicit in a wide range of key issues including anxiety, the family, intelligence, aging, and depression.
Constructing the Social is an invaluable resource for psychologists, sociologists, and other researchers across the social sciences who seek to understand the implications of social constructionist theory.
Contents
Prologue
Prologue
PART ONE: PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AS SOURCES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS
- The Social Construction of Personal Histories
- Gendered Lives in Popular Autobiographies
- The Social Construction of Pregnancy and Fetal Development
- Notes on a Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric of Endangerment
- Correspondents' Images of Martin Luther King Jr
- An Interpretive Theory of Movement Leadership
PART TWO: SOCIOPOLITICAL FACTORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL CATEGORIES
- Practices of Truth-Finding in a Court of Law
- The Case of Revised Stories
- Gender, Science and Sexual Dysfunction
- The Many and Varied Social Constructions of Intelligence
- Some Constructionist Observations on `Anxiety' and its History
PART THREE: THE DECONSTRUCTION OF POPULAR CONCEPTIONS
- Genius
- A Social Construction, the Case of Beethoven's Initial Recognition
- Ageism and the Deployments of `Age'
- A Constructionist View
- Cocaine Careers
- Historical and Individual Constructions
- A Sociocultural Construction of `Depressions'
- Constructing Family
- Descriptive Practice and Domestic Order
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January 1994 | 270 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 31/03/2026 | 9780803986800 | $140.00 |
If you are looking for a clear, concrete overview on social constructionist research and analysis, look no further than Constructing the Social. This timely volume pools the talents of many leading psychologists and sociologists, who in each case ground theory into practical examples. Contributors demonstrate that human beings are principally social agents rather than passive reactors that process information. Each contributor analyzes the historical and cultural contexts implicit in a wide range of key issues including anxiety, the family, intelligence, aging, and depression.
Constructing the Social is an invaluable resource for psychologists, sociologists, and other researchers across the social sciences who seek to understand the implications of social constructionist theory.
Table Of Contents:
- Prologue
- PART ONE: PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AS SOURCES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS
- The Social Construction of Personal Histories
- Gendered Lives in Popular Autobiographies
- The Social Construction of Pregnancy and Fetal Development
- Notes on a Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric of Endangerment
- Correspondents' Images of Martin Luther King Jr
- An Interpretive Theory of Movement Leadership
- PART TWO: SOCIOPOLITICAL FACTORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL CATEGORIES
- Practices of Truth-Finding in a Court of Law
- The Case of Revised Stories
- Gender, Science and Sexual Dysfunction
- The Many and Varied Social Constructions of Intelligence
- Some Constructionist Observations on `Anxiety' and its History
- PART THREE: THE DECONSTRUCTION OF POPULAR CONCEPTIONS
- Genius
- A Social Construction, the Case of Beethoven's Initial Recognition
- Ageism and the Deployments of `Age'
- A Constructionist View
- Cocaine Careers
- Historical and Individual Constructions
- A Sociocultural Construction of `Depressions'
- Constructing Family
- Descriptive Practice and Domestic Order
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`Provides diverse examples of constructionist analysis in practice, thereby illuminating both its virtues and its vices' - Reviewing Sociology