Culture in Action: Studies in Membership Categorization Analysis - Paperback

by Stephen Hester (Author), Peter Eglin (Author)

This collection of new studies in ethnomethodology addresses sociology's classical questions by developing that strand of ethnomethodological inquiry dealing with membership categorization. This book provides detailed studies of members' use of membership categories across various settings from the O.J. Simpson trial, via TV commercials and news headlines, to school staff and referral meetings.

Author Biography

Stephen Hester is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Wales in Bangor, the United Kingdom. Peter Eglin is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.