This long-standing anthology presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance, examining deviance as a social phenomenon consisting of a set of interpretations and social reactions. Forty-two papers discuss how people define "deviant" and act on the basis of that designations, and how the people so labeled respond, how they type themselves, and how deviant groups are formed. There is no index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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