Behavior in public places
Subtitle: notes on the social organization of gatherings
Publisher: Free Press of Glencoe
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Social groups; Group Processes; Interpersonal Relations; Social Psychology; Social Behavior
Notes: Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The problem ; Introductory definitions; title: Unfocused interaction. Involvement ; Some rules about the allocation of involvement ; Some rules about the objects of involvement; title: Focused interaction. Faced engagements ; Acquaintanceship ; Engagements among the unacquainted; title: Accessible engagements. Communication boundaries ; The regulation of mutual-involvement ; Uncontained participation; title: Interpretations. The structure and function of situational proprieties ; Tightness and looseness ; The symptomatic signifiance of situational improprieties.