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Shyness and Society

The Illusion of Competence
by Susie Scott
🏢 Springer 📅 2007-01-10 📄 203 pages
Using Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places. The question of interactional competence is discussed in relation to issues of identity, embodiment, performativity and deviance.
ISBN-13: 9780230801325
ISBN-10: 0230801323
ASIN: 0230801323
Susie Scott
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