Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical perspective in sociology that addresses the manner
in which society is created and maintained through face-to-face, repeated, meaningful …

▪ Abstract The gender system includes processes that both define males and females as
different in socially significant ways and justify inequality on the basis of that difference …

Central to symbolic interactionist thought is the idea that individuals use language and
significant symbols in their communication with others. Rather than addressing how …

A 2024 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Today's white supremacist activism
originated in carefully cultivated homes, parties, rituals, music festivals, and digital media …

Mainstream theory and research in the field of social movements and political sociology has,
by and large, ignored the influence of gender on social protest. A growing body of feminist …

In this chapter I outline a research agenda for the study of emotions and social movements.
This agenda draws on the steady advances in the sociology of emotions in the past 30 years …

summary For three years the author did participant-observation at three nationally prominent
queer organizations in Los Angeles-Christopher Street West, which produces LA's queer …

This chapter considers the social structuring processes that occur in groups using computer
medicated communications (CMC). Building on a model of status dynamics in face-to-face …

Over the past 50 years, cognitive neuroscience has emerged as the dominant player in
research on thought. In an effort to keep their voices heard, social psychologists …

Of contemporary interest in the sociology of emotions and social psychology of self is the
question of the reciprocal relation of affect or emotion and self. This question is pursued by …