Symbolic Interactionism and Cultural Studies: The Politics of Interpretation

Symbolic interactionism is one of the most enduring - and certainly the most sociological - of all social psychologies. In this landmark work, Norman K. Denzin traces its tortured history from its roots in American pragmatism to its present-day encounter with poststructuralism and postmodernism.

Arguing that if interactionism is to continue to thrive and grow it must incorporate elements of post structural and post-modern theory into its underlying views of history, culture and politics, the author develops a research agenda which merges the interactionist sociological imagination with the critical insights on contemporary feminism and cultural studies.

Norman Denzin's programmatic analysis of symbolic interactionism, which develops a politics of interpretation merging theory and practice, will be welcomed by students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines, from sociology to cultural studies.

Author: Norman K. Denzin

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: Aug 13, 2007

Number of Pages: 236 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1557862915

ISBN-13: 9781557862914