The essays in this bi-annual series consist of original research and theory within the general sociological perspective known as symbolic interactionism. Longer than conventional journal-length articles, the essays wed micro and macro concerns within a qualitative, ethnographic, autoethnographic and performance studies orientation.

List of Contributors. The Mesodomain of Welfare Reform: Renegotiating the Order of Economic Inequality. Milkshakes and Convertibles: An Autobiographical Reflection. The Superiority Delusion and Critical Consciousness: The Paradox of Role-Taking Refusal in the Microfoundation of Dehumanization and Resistance. Collective Identity Narratives: Historical and Emergent Stories of Selfhood in a Deindustrializing Community. Never Mind the Scholar, Here's the Old Punk: Identity, Community, and the Aging Music Fan. Compliance Dramas in Alcoholic Anonymous Films: An Interactionist Reading of The Days of Wine and Roses. Interactions and the Drama of Engagement. Imagining Imagination. Intimate Deception in Everyday Life. Studies in symbolic interaction. Studies in symbolic interaction. Studies in symbolic interaction. Copyright page. About the Authors.