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David R. Maines: The Stranger Who Studied Social Structure
Ist Teil von
Studies in symbolic interaction, 2023, Vol.57, p.9-20
Ort / Verlag
Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
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Sociological Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
David Maines established himself as one of the premier symbolic interactionists who did not attach himself to any particular interactionist school of thought. In creating an extensive and intensive legacy via his publications, Maines looked into issues that other interactionists, bound to particular schools of thought, either took for granted or neglected to examine. In so doing, Maines resembled Simmel's Stranger not only as one who fits into a community but also as one who remains distant from the community. One of the key areas of investigation that defined Maines' work and that separated him from other interactionists pertained to his interest in social structure and specifically, how people become structurally situated as social-structural interactors. This chapter examines, in detail, Maines' interest in getting structurally situated and uses a television series, Dopesick, to discuss the relationships between institutional actors as a way to substantiate Maines' theoretical interest in social structure and the activities involved in the process of getting structurally situated.