Description
Book Synopsis* Fascinating account of how we present ourselves in everyday talk and conversation which is explained through methods of conversation analysis. * Combines theoretical discussion with fine--grained analysis of ordinary conversation* Offers an understanding towards how selves are created and transformed in everyday talk.
Trade Review"Malone sets out to demonstrate that sociological notions - particularly those of symbolic interactionism - can profitably be used to understand what goes on in talk
and that sociology itself would profit from a recognition of talk as fundamental sociological data. He does this by examining records of extensive contexted conversational fragments
and by showing how the talk itself enables one to elaborate the concepts of self, interaction, gender, ideology and moral order. His arguments, documented by
actual talk, are persuasive."
Allen GrimshawTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements ix
Transcription Conventions xiv
1 The Interaction Order and the Self 1
2 Pragmatic and Phenomenological Foundations of Interactionism 21
3 Pronouns, Interactional Roles, and the Construction of a Conversation 42
4 Gender and Talk: Ideology and Interaction 77
5 How to Do Things with Friends: Altercasting and Recipient Design 100
6 Small Disagreements: Character Contests and Working Consensus 120
7 Conclusions 140
Appendix: Data and Methods 150
Notes 156
References 164
Index 179
