Halkowski1990
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Halkowski1990 |
Author(s) | Tim Halkowski |
Title | "Role" as as interactional device |
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Year | 1990 |
Language | English |
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Journal | Social Problems |
Volume | 37 |
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Pages | 564-577 |
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Abstract
This paper reports on an aspect of the social organization of interaction, namely, the use by interactants of the concept "role. " In contrast with traditional social scientific uses of the concept as an explanatory resource in the analysis of social action, I propose that interactants use this concept to make sense of--as well as accomplish-actions and activities in the social world. Analysis of segments of conversation taken from videotapes of the Iran-Contra Congressional hearings demonstrate this as well as the more general point that description is a form of social action.
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