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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Susie ScottPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9780367727802ISBN 10: 0367727803 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 18 December 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Being Through Nothingness 2. Lost Opportunities 3. Silence and Quietness 4. Invisibility and Absence 5. Holes, Gaps and Emptiness 6. Stillness, Rest and Inactivity BibliographyReviewsThis excellent book is about all kinds of losses, as in death, divorce, miscarriage, abortion, surgery, chronic or acute illness, and a range of life choices. It casts a new perspective on the social construction of loss as “having” versus “lacking.” [...] it is an ingenious, well-crafted, and creative intellectual product. It will be read by many and no doubt will spark academic debates on specific topics related to nothingness and invisibility. The author shows a deep sensitivity to liminality and loss. The courage it required to tackle such a grand theme should be applauded. Different readers will draw different conclusions from this well organized and well-written book. —J. I. (Hans) Bakker, book review, Symbolic Interaction, (2020) This excellent book is about all kinds of losses, as in death, divorce, miscarriage, abortion, surgery, chronic or acute illness, and a range of life choices. It casts a new perspective on the social construction of loss as having versus lacking. [...] it is an ingenious, well-crafted, and creative intellectual product. It will be read by many and no doubt will spark academic debates on specific topics related to nothingness and invisibility. The author shows a deep sensitivity to liminality and loss. The courage it required to tackle such a grand theme should be applauded. Different readers will draw different conclusions from this well organized and well-written book. --J. I. (Hans) Bakker, book review, Symbolic Interaction, (2020) This excellent book is about all kinds of losses, as in death, divorce, miscarriage, abortion, surgery, chronic or acute illness, and a range of life choices. It casts a new perspective on the social construction of loss as having versus lacking. [...] it is an ingenious, well-crafted, and creative intellectual product. It will be read by many and no doubt will spark academic debates on specific topics related to nothingness and invisibility. The author shows a deep sensitivity to liminality and loss. The courage it required to tackle such a grand theme should be applauded. Different readers will draw different conclusions from this well organized and well-written book. -J. I. (Hans) Bakker, book review, Symbolic Interaction, (2020) Author InformationSusie Scott is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex. With research interests in symbolic interactionism and dramaturgical theory, she explores questions of narrative identity and self-conscious experience: from shyness to swimming, performance art and total institutions. Susie is the author of Shyness and Society (2007), Making Sense of Everyday Life (2009), Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities (2011) and Negotiating Identity (2015). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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