| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1: Dynamic Nature Of Deviance -- Introduction: Kids, crocodiles, and social control -- Being centered -- Sociological relativity -- Social construction of reality -- Ideal and the real -- Theoretical views: the old and the not-so-old -- Relativity and social deviance -- Pathology, harm, and basic human rights -- Serious implications of taking relativity seriously -- Whose side are we on? -- Conclusions -- References -- 2: Being Deviant -- Introduction: Original blue man (and woman) group -- Being and doing -- Deviance and responsibility -- Social construction of spoiled identities -- Appearance and the sociocultural matrix -- Status and stigma -- Managing stigma -- Square pegs and round holes: eccentrics and eccentricities -- Conclusions -- References -- 3: Power, Social Networks, And Organizational Deviance -- Introduction: Plunder of pole town -- Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely -- Carrier's case: other people's belongings and the crime of theft -- White-collar rule braking: corporate skulduggery and political racketeering -- Relativity of terrorism -- Privilege, power, and penalties -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: Mental Disorders -- Introduction: Medicalization on 34th street -- Medicalization process -- Transforming diversity into disease -- Manufacturing madness -- Myth of mental illness: madness and metaphors -- Mental health buccaneers and social control -- Sense and nonsense in the psychiatric enterprises -- Meltdown in the DSM-- Conclusions -- References -- 5: Predatory Violence -- Introduction: Social construction of murder and violence -- Arbitrary meanings -- Patterned violence -- Social encounters -- Curious case of Jack the Ripper -- Variable violence -- Conclusions -- References -- 6: Sexual Violence -- Introduction: Cultural scripts and forcible rape -- Symbolic organization of sexual violence -- Rape and social conflict -- Rape scenes -- Normalizing sexual violence -- Rape on campus -- Sex and violence in Gusiiland -- Rape of males -- Conclusions -- References -- 7: Suicide -- Introduction: Social frames and definitions of the situation -- Meaning of suicide -- Curious case of auto erotic asphyxiation -- Socialcultural variations in suicide: motive, intent and interpretation -- Historical meanings -- Suicide in different places -- Obligatory suicide -- Revenge suicide -- Suicide bombers -- Suicide, stigma, and responsibility -- Conclusions -- References -- 8: Sexual Diversity -- Introduction: Sex, gender and sexuality -- Sexuality-a sociocultural understanding -- Curious case of the berdache -- Sexual differentiation and the double standard -- Myth of the universal turn-on -- In the eyes of the beholder: deviantizing sexual matters -- Genital hysteria -- Attaching autostimulation -- Maligning menstruation -- Conclusions -- References -- 9: Drugs And Drug Taking -- Introduction: Social reality of drug use -- Getting stoned in the animal kingdom -- Addiction: imprecise definitions and arbitrary meanings -- Social dynamics of human drug-taking experiences -- Moral entrepreneurs and drug crusades -- Conclusions -- References -- Index -- About the author |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: In this Second Edition of his investigation into the relative nature of social deviance and how the public perceives it, author John Curra demonstrates that what qualifies as deviance varies from place to place, time to time, and situation to situation. Through thought-provoking examples that include the blue people of Kentucky, a woman who believes she is a vampire, autoerotic asphyxiators, and others, Curra illustrates that deviance cannot be explained in terms of absolutes, nor can it be understood apart from its social setting. This insightful book approaches sex, violence, theft, suicide, drugs, and mental disorders in such a way that definitive or objective judgments become impossible |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Deviant behavior.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Deviant behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452213460 |
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1452213461 |
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9781452224893 |
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1452224897 |
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