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Shyness and Society

The Illusion of Competence

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Susie Scott

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Entering the Secret World of the Shy

    • Susie Scott
    Pages 1-14

  3. Shyness in Cultural and Historical Perspective

    • Susie Scott
    Pages 15-36

  4. Dramaturgical Dilemmas of the Shy Self

    • Susie Scott
    Pages 37-69

  5. Outsiders and Enclosures

    • Susie Scott
    Pages 70-90

  6. Poise, Performance and Self-Presentation

    • Susie Scott
    Pages 91-123

  7. Rules, Reactions and Resistance

    • Susie Scott
    Pages 124-166

  8. Conclusion

    • Susie Scott
    Pages 167-174

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 175-194
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About this book

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.

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Shortlisted for the 2008 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. For more information about the prize, see http://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/PAM.htm

'This book is a 'should read' for anyone sociologically interested in the public performance of emotions, the self, and identity.' - Michael Atkinson, American Journal of Sociology

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Susie Scott

About the author

SUSIE SCOTT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. She has researched and published in the areas of interaction and everyday life, medical sociology, qualitative methodology and social theory.

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