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Title: Outsiders by Howard S. Becker ISBN: 0-684-83635-1 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: 13
Comment: REEFER MADNESS & HOMOPHOBIA ON THE HOOF. I FILED MY COPY IN THE CIRCULAR FILE. DO PEOPLE REALLY THINK LIKE THIS? DID THEY? WOW!
Rating: 4
Summary: Written over 30 years ago, but still relevant today.
Comment: Outsiders is an excellent introduction to the study of deviance, and I would especially recommend it to all sociology undergraduate students.
Although written long ago (first copyrighted in 1963) the material is still revlevant to today's social world. Becker begins this work by defining deviance, how others define deviance, and what classifies one as deviant.
As a particular case example Becker examines the issue of marihuana users (see the relevance?). He discusses how one becomes a marihuana user, how they learn their techinques, how a user becomes are part of a group, and why a user may become labeled a deviant, i.e. the whole process of going from what is "normal" to being what society has defined as "deviant".
Other topics discussed are labeling theory and moral entrepreneurs. The later refers to those people in society who benefit from labeling a group or particular type of behavior as deviant. A very interesting topic, one I think that isn't discussed very often.
The only weekness the book has is the case study written on dance musicians which comprises chapters 5 and 6. These chapters discuss people who made their living as dance musicians during the late 1940s and I found it difficult to connect with just because of the time frame. Perhaps other readers will not suffer such a handicap.
Bottom line: A great book! A must have for sociology majors or those people who make or influence social policy and laws.
Rating: 5
Summary: FIRST TIME
Comment: I CONFUSE
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Title: Stigma : Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman ISBN: 0671622447 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 1986 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor by Wendy Chapkis, Jill Posener, Gon Buurman, Wendy Chapkis ISBN: 0415912881 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Social Construction of Reality : A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann, Thomas Luckmann ISBN: 0385058985 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 11 July, 1967 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance by Kai T. Erikson ISBN: 0023322004 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon Pub. Date: December, 1968 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Behavior of Law by Donald Black ISBN: 0121026523 Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: 28 May, 1980 List Price(USD): $40.95 |
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