Introduction Uses of the Selections About the Contributors Part I: Human Being and Social Reality Introduction Reading 1: Kenneth Gergen, Together We Construct Our Worlds Reading 2: Gerald Handel, Spencer Cahill, and Frederick Elkin, Human Neural Plasticity and Socialization Reading 3: Kent Sandstrom, Symbols and the Creation of Reality Reading 4: Eviatar Zerubavel, The Rules of Denial Reading 5: Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine Part II: The Social Shaping of Subjective Experience Introduction Reading 6: Dennis D. Waskul and Phillip Vannini, Smell, Odor, and Somatic Work Reading 7: Arlie Hochschild, Working on Feeling Reading 8: Nancy Berns, Closure Talk Reading 9: Christian Vaccaro, Douglas Schrock, and Janice McCabe, Managing Emotional Manhood Reading 10: Brandon Jackson and Ada Harvey Wingfield, Getting Angry to Get Ahead Part III: The Social Construction of the Body and Embodiment Introduction Reading 11: Karin A. Martin, Becoming a Gendered Body Reading 12: Dennis D. Waskul, Phillip Vannini, and Desiree Wiesen, Women and Their Clitoris Reading 13: Angela Orend and Patricia Gagne, Corporate Logo Tattoos and the Commodification of the Body Reading 14: Meika Loe and Leigh Cuttino, Grappling with the Medicated Self Part IV: The Social Construction of the Self Introduction Reading 15: Charles Horton Cooley, The Self as Sentiment and Reflection Reading 16: George Herbert Mead, The Self as Social Structure Reading 17: Vichet Chhuon and Cynthia Hudley, The Ethnic Options and Identity Negotiations of Cambodian American Students Reading 18: Jaber Gubrium and James Holstein, The Self in a World of Going Concerns Part V: The Self and Social Interaction Introduction Reading 19: Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self Reading 20: David Grazian, The Girl Hunt Reading 21: Patricia Adler and Peter Adler, The Glorified Self Reading 22: David Snow and Leon Anderson, Salvaging the Self from Homelessness Reading 23: Simon Gottschalk, The Presentation of Self in Virtual Spaces Part VI: The Organization of Social Interaction Introduction Reading 24: Erving Goffman, Face-Work and Interactional Rituals Reading 25: Spencer Cahill, The Interaction Order of Public Restrooms Reading 26: Nikki Jones, Working 'the Code' in the Inner City Reading 27: Matthew Desmond, Making Firefighters Deployable Part VII: The Construction of Social Structures and Boundaries Introduction Reading 28: Herbert Blumer, Society in Action Reading 29: Kristin Barker and Tasha R. Galardi, Autism Spectrum Disorder and the DSM-5 Reading 30: Jessica Vasquez-Tokos, Disciplined Preferences: Explaining the (Re)Production of Latino Endogamy Reading 31: Daniel Chambliss, Protecting the Routine from Chaos Part VIII: Reproducing and Resisting Inequalities Introduction Reading 32: Margarethe Kusenbach, Salvaging Decency Reading 33: Carissa Froyum, For the Betterment of Kids Who Look Like Me Reading 34: Shane Sharp, Escaping Symbolic Entrapment, Maintaining Social Identities Reading 35: Alex I. Thompson, Wrangling Tips: Entrepreneurial Manipulation in Fast-Food Delivery Part IX: The Politics of Reality Introduction Reading 36: Erving Goffman, The Moral Career of the Mental Patient Reading 37: Amir Marvasti, Being Middle Eastern American in the Context of the War on Terror Reading 38: Sharmila Rudrappa and Caitlyn Collins, Altruistic Agencies and Compassionate Consumers: Moral Framing of Transnational Surrogacy Reading 39: Daniel D. Martin, The Politics of Sorrow and Identity in the Aftermath of Murder
