Fine, Gary Alan /
Gary Alan Fine (b. 1950) is a sociologist of culture, social theorist, social psychologist, and folklorist, as well as a James E. Johnson Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. Through his interdisciplinary scientific orientation, he introduced theoretical and methodological innovations...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Qualitative interviewing.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Gary Alan Fine (b. 1950) is a sociologist of culture, social theorist, social psychologist, and folklorist, as well as a James E. Johnson Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. Through his interdisciplinary scientific orientation, he introduced theoretical and methodological innovations in sociological and folklore research. Fields of his research include the study of various aspects of sociological miniaturism, culture, and interactive behaviour of small groups within modern postindustrial societies. Convinced that macrolevel social systems and structures can be understood by studying microlevel social phenomena (see Fine, 1991; Stolte, Fine, & Cook, 2001), he introduced the study of expressive culture and meanings created through symbolic interaction within small groups into sociological researchbased on their idioculture, while in methodological terms, he introduced ethnographic research as the starting ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529746358 1529746353 9781526421036 1526421038 |