| Description |
viii, 248 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
5050 The problem; Introductory definitions -- Unfocused interaction: Involvement -- Some rules about the allocation of involvement -- Some rules about the objects of involvement -- Focused interaction: Face engagements -- Acquaintanceship -- Engagements among the unacquainted -- Accessible engagements: Communication boundaries -- The regulation of mutual-involvement; Uncontained participation -- Interpretations: The structure and function of situational proprieties -- Tightness and looseness -- The symptomatic significance of situational improprieties -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
The purpose of this book is to develop a framework capable of dealing with an almost neglected area of social reality, behavior in public and semipublic places. [The author] feels that the distinct features of face-to-face interaction, richness of information flow, and facilitation of feedback, have enough structuring significance to provide an analytical rationale for its separate treatment. It is to his credit that this 'model' takes advantage of already existing and well-defined terminology, while introducing only a few new and relatively unfamiliar concepts |
| Notes |
Includes bibliography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Etiquette.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Social groups.
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Social interaction.
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Social participation.
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Group Processes.
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Interpersonal Relations.
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Psychology, Social.
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Social Behavior.
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| LC no. |
62011850 |
| ISBN |
0029119405 (paperback) |
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