Drama of Social Life

T.R. Young was director of the Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in sociology and a professor at Central Michigan University, USA. He was the author of numerous publications and edited the Transforming Sociology Series for more than eighteen years.

• Contents Acknowledgments A Great University Introduction Part I. The Politics of Social Psychology Introduction 1 Hard Times and Hard Tomatoes 2 The Politics of Sociology: Gouldner, Goffman, and Garfinkel 3 The Structure of Democratic Communications Part II. Critical Approaches to Dramaturgy Introduction 4 The Dramaturgical Society: Macroanalysis with Garth Massey 5 Dramaturgical Analysis and Societal Critique with John Welsh Part III. Social Psychology in a New Age Introduction 6 Self and Social Organization in Capitalist Society 7 Morality and Mass Society 8 Self in Mass Society: Against Zurcher 9 Self-Estrangement in Dramaturgical Society Part IV. Politics in the Dramaturgical Society Introduction 10 The Political Economy of Dramaturgy 11 Critical Dimensions in Dramaturgical Analysis:Watergate as Theater Part V. Emancipatory Uses of Dramaturgy Introduction 12 Emancipatory Dimensions in Dramaturgy 13 The Sociology of Sport: Structural and Cultural Approaches 14 The Typifications of Christ at Christmas and Easter: Critical Explorations of Religious Dramaturgy 15 Dress, Drama, and Self: The Tee Shirt as Text References & Bibliography Index

"In this distinctive work, Young's aim is to describe an "emancipatory critical dramaturgy" that flows from the postmodernist project of rebellion at the "mass society" of capitalist enlightenment... Young's writing is lively, and his topics are interesting... [F]ascinating and creative project. Highly recommended for academic libraries, community college level up."-S. G. Mestrovic, Choice