Beschreibung:
This book is about how we present our selves in everyday talk and interaction. Selves and conversations are skilful accomplishments requiring trust, dependency, and co-ordination. They are produced by multiple partners co-operating in the production of social events. The self is a 'performed character' - a 'dramatic effect' in Goffman's terms - which results from shaping our behavior to create a desired impression. Talk is both the means and the product of such events. Selves live in worlds that talk creates.
Preface. Transcription Conventions. 1. The Interaction Order and the Self. 2. Pragmatic and Phenomenological Foundations of Interactionism. 3. Pronouns, Interactional Roles, and the Construction of a Conversation. 4. Gender and Talk: Ideology and Interaction. 5. How to Do Things with Friends: Altercasting and Recipient Design. 6. Small Disagreements: Character Contests and Working Consensus. 7. Conclusions. Appendix: Data and Methods. Notes. References. Index.