Sociology of Awkwardness - On Social Interactions Going Wrong

A Sociology of Awkwardness shows how awkward feelings are the outcome of social interactions going wrong.

List of contents

Introduction: Sociology's awkward silence on awkwardness
1. Theorizing awkwardness
2. Culture, meaning, and awkwardness
3. Interactions, scripts, and awkwardness
4. Emotions, feelings, and awkwardness
5. Analyzing awkwardness
6. Awkward interactions
7. Awkward spaces
8. Awkward times
9. Dealing with awkwardness
Conclusion and discussion: That was awkward, folks!

About the author

Pauwke Berkers is Full Professor of Sociology of Popular Music at Erasmus University Rotterdam. As a music sociologist, he has written widely on social inequalities in popular music in academic journals, such as Gender & Society, Poetics, and Cultural Sociology. His most recent book is Gender Inequality in Metal Music Production (with Julian Schaap, 2018). As a cultural sociologist, his work addresses topics such as authenticity, stigmatization, boundary work and (long silence) awkwardness.
Yosha Wijngaarden is Assistant Professor Media and Creative Industries at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Working at the intersection of sociology, media studies, organization studies, and geography, she has written extensively on work practices and (potentially awkward) social interactions within the creative industries. Her work has been published in academic journals such as Geoforum, Human Relations, and Cultural Trends.

Product details

• Authors: Pauwke Berkers, Pauwke (Erasmus University Rotterdam Berkers, Yosha Wijngaarden
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032161556
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216155-6
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; History, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Psychology: emotions, Humanities, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Groups & group theory, Groups and group theory