The symbolic construction of community / A.P. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Anthony P. (Anthony Paul), 1946-

Cohen a P Staff, author.

Series:

Key ideas.

Key ideas

Standardized Title:

Symbolic Construction of Community (Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communities--Cross-cultural studies.

Communities.

Social structure--Cross-cultural studies.

Social structure.

Symbolic interactionism--Cross-cultural studies.

Symbolic interactionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Ellis Horwood Ltd. and Tavistock Publications Ltd., 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anthony Cohen makes a distinct break with earlier approaches to the study of community, which treated the subject in largely structural terms. His view is interpretive and experiential, seeing the community as a cultural field with a complex of symbols whose meanings vary among its members. He delineates a concept applicable to local and ethnic communities through which people see themselves as belonging to society. The emphasis on boundary is sensitive to the circumstances in which people become aware of the implications of belonging to a community, and describes how they symbolise and utilis

Contents:

THE SYMBOLIC CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Symbolism and boundary; Symbolism and meaning; Symbol, culture, community; Community: the 'classical' tradition, and Chicago; The debris of Chicago: some myths exposed; Conclusion; Chapter 2 - Symbolizing the Boundary; Introduction; The boundary and social change; Ritual and the boundary; Symbolic reversals and self-awareness; Chapter 3 - Communities of Meaning; Introduction; Community: structure or symbol?; Symbolism and social change; Appearances are deceptive

Appearance and transformationChapter 4 - The Symbolic Construction of Community; Community as a mental construct; Symbolizing the past; Responding to the present: ethnicity and locality; Community and identity; Opposition and boundary: the symbolic construction of community; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-134-94749-6

1-280-32778-2

9786610327782

0-203-13168-1

0-203-32337-8

9780203131688

OCLC:

171115219

Publisher Number:

9780203131688