Culture in Action - Studies in Membership Categorization Analysis

This collection of new studies in ethnomethodology addresses sociology's classical questions by developing that strand of ethnomethodological inquiry dealing with membership categorization. This book provides detailed studies of members' use of membership categories across various settings from the O.J. Simpson trial, via TV commercials and news headlines, to school staff and referral meetings.

About the author

Stephen Hester is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Wales in Bangor, the United Kingdom. Peter Eglin is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Summary

This collection of new studies in ethnomethodology addresses sociology's classical questions by developing that strand of ethnomethodological inquiry dealing with membership categorization. This book provides detailed studies of members' use of membership categories across various settings from the O.J. Simpson trial, via TV commercials and news headlines, to school staff and referral meetings.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Eglin, Eglin Peter, Stephen Hester
• Assisted by: Peter Eglin (Editor), Stephen Hester (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.1996
• EAN: 9780761805830
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-0583-0
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Studies in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Series; Studies in Ethnomethodology an; Studies in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Series; Studies in Ethnomethodology an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Social and cultural anthropology