Oppression and Resistance

Theoretical and ethnographical approaches examine symbolic interactionism's ability to deploy the concepts of structure and agency in sociological explanation. It illuminates the dialectic of oppression and resistance in everyday life, illustrating that actors make meaning through resistance.

About the author

Gil Richard Musolf is Professor of Sociology at Central Michigan University, USA. He has published widely on symbolic interactionism.

Summary

Theoretical and ethnographical approaches examine symbolic interactionism’s ability to deploy the concepts of structure and agency in sociological explanation. It illuminates the dialectic of oppression and resistance in everyday life, illustrating that actors make meaning through resistance.

Product details

• Assisted by: Norman K. Denzin (Editor), Gil Richard Musolf (Editor), Gil Richard (Central Michigan University Musolf (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781787431683
• ISBN: 978-1-78743-168-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 504 g
• Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction; Studies in Symbolic Interactio; Studies in Symbolic Interaction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories