The Sociology of the offbeat : essays in the science of human social behavior / edited, with introductions by Robert M. Khoury.

Contributor(s):

Khoury, Robert Michael, 1951-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : University Press of America, 1982.Description: xii, 405 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0819124575 (pbk.) :
0819124583 (perfect) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

301 SOC 23 006646

Contents:

Ch. one: Sociology and science -- The male sociologist's burden : the place of women in marriage and family texts / Carol Ehrolich -- Public reactions to a popular study : the case of stripteasers / James K. Skipper, Jr. -- Science as a self-correcting institution? A case study of error perpetuated / Larry T. Reynolds -- Ch. two: Culture -- Television in the USSR / David E. Powell -- Fools' names and fools' faces are always seen in public places : a study of graffiti / Frank J. D'angelo -- Turning on and tuning out at the drive-in : an American phenomenon survives and thrives / Andrew Horton -- Ch. three: Social organization -- The college sorority as a social system / Walter M. Gerson -- Trash, treasure, and garbage : the social organization of survival / Thomas P. Thompson -- Actors on the canvas stage : the dramatic conventions of professional wrestling / Gerald Craven and Richard Moseley -- Ch. four: Socialization -- Monster movies and rites of initiation / Walter Evans -- American drama and ritual : Nebraska football / Mary Jo Deegan and Michael Stein -- Ch. five: Sex roles -- Interview with a transexual / Harold T. Christensen -- Sex role stereotyping in the Sunday comics / Sarah Brabant -- Male chauvinism in colonial America : attitudes of our founding fathers / John L. Harbison -- Ch. six: Deviance -- Telephone pranks : a thriving pastime / Trudier Harris -- Peeping : the pattern of voyeurism among construction workers/ William Feigelman -- Kids who kill / James M. Sorrells -- Ch. seven: The family -- Morning and night people in the family : a preliminary statement / Bert N. Adams and Ronald E. Cromwell -- The use and abuse of humour in the American family / Melanie Allen -- Adultism / Jack Flasher -- Ch. eight: Religion -- Towards a sociology of the psychic / G.K. Nelson -- The streetcorner preacher : sowing good seeds by the wayside / Lawrence K. Hong and Marion V. Dearman -- The visibility of evil / Lewis A. Coser -- Ch. nine: Politics -- Goebbels' principles of propaganda / Leonard W. Doob -- What good are the social sciences? / Robert M. Khoury -- Chronopolitics : what time do people vote? / Ricardo Klorman -- Ch. ten: Education -- Binging : educational control among high steel ironworkers / Jack Haas -- Class clowns : a study of middle school students / Sandra Bowman Damico and William W. Purkey -- Notes for a dissenting commencement address / Carter A. Daniel.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	301 SOC 006646 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006646

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Ch. one: Sociology and science --
The male sociologist's burden : the place of women in marriage and family texts / Carol Ehrolich --
Public reactions to a popular study : the case of stripteasers / James K. Skipper, Jr. --
Science as a self-correcting institution? A case study of error perpetuated / Larry T. Reynolds --
Ch. two: Culture --
Television in the USSR / David E. Powell --
Fools' names and fools' faces are always seen in public places : a study of graffiti / Frank J. D'angelo --
Turning on and tuning out at the drive-in : an American phenomenon survives and thrives / Andrew Horton --
Ch. three: Social organization --
The college sorority as a social system / Walter M. Gerson --
Trash, treasure, and garbage : the social organization of survival / Thomas P. Thompson --
Actors on the canvas stage : the dramatic conventions of professional wrestling / Gerald Craven and Richard Moseley --
Ch. four: Socialization --
Monster movies and rites of initiation / Walter Evans --
American drama and ritual : Nebraska football / Mary Jo Deegan and Michael Stein --
Ch. five: Sex roles --
Interview with a transexual / Harold T. Christensen --
Sex role stereotyping in the Sunday comics / Sarah Brabant --
Male chauvinism in colonial America : attitudes of our founding fathers / John L. Harbison --
Ch. six: Deviance --
Telephone pranks : a thriving pastime / Trudier Harris --
Peeping : the pattern of voyeurism among construction workers/ William Feigelman --
Kids who kill / James M. Sorrells --
Ch. seven: The family --
Morning and night people in the family : a preliminary statement / Bert N. Adams and Ronald E. Cromwell --
The use and abuse of humour in the American family / Melanie Allen --
Adultism / Jack Flasher --
Ch. eight: Religion --
Towards a sociology of the psychic / G.K. Nelson --
The streetcorner preacher : sowing good seeds by the wayside / Lawrence K. Hong and Marion V. Dearman --
The visibility of evil / Lewis A. Coser --
Ch. nine: Politics --
Goebbels' principles of propaganda / Leonard W. Doob --
What good are the social sciences? / Robert M. Khoury --
Chronopolitics : what time do people vote? / Ricardo Klorman --
Ch. ten: Education --
Binging : educational control among high steel ironworkers / Jack Haas --
Class clowns : a study of middle school students / Sandra Bowman Damico and William W. Purkey --
Notes for a dissenting commencement address / Carter A. Daniel.

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