Part 1 Self and society: the bureaucratizing of impulse - self-conceptions in the 1980s, Louis Zurcher; the social preservation of mind - the Alzheimer's disease experience, Jaber Gubrium. Part 2 Roles and self-presentation: aces and bombers - the post-exam impression management strategies of students, Daniel Albas and Cheryl Albas; self-mockery - an alternative form of self-presentation, Sheldon Unger; pauses - explorations in social rhythm, Robert P. Snow and Dennis Bussett. Part 2 Occupations and organizations: working for television - the social organization of TV drama, Sharon Mast; good people doing dirty work - a study of social isolation, David S. Davis; actors in search of a character - student social workers' quest for professional identity, Donileen R. Loseke and Spencer Chahill. Part 4 Politics and power: legitimation of oppression - response and reflexivity, Charlotte Wold; the social construction of historical events through public dramas, Edward Gross. Part 5 Social movements and collective behaviour: fighting words - what we can learn from Hitler's hyperbole, Michael Blain; victory celebrations as theatre - a dramaturgical approach to crowd behaviour, David A. Snow et al. Part 6 Sex roles: deviance, rule-breaking and male dominance in conversation, James D. Orcutt and Lynn Harvey; patriarchal women, Debra Kaufman. Part 7 Marriage and the family: producing family problems - organization and use of the family perspective and rhetoric in family therapy, Gale Miller; children's negotiation of meaning, Nancy Mandell. Part 8 Crime and deviance: restoring the semblance of order - police strategies in the domestic disturbance, Philip W. Davis; toward a general theory of action, Ikuya Sato.
