-Perinbanayagam builds a strong case for taking on language as a topic that is of core importance to the sociology, and he provides some intriguing examples of just what this import might be.-
--John F. Manzo, Social Forces
-Discursive Acts is a thoughtful, engaging, and important book. It combines synthetically-oriented theorizing with nuanced and thick interpretations of everyday discourse... I highly recommend this book to those concerned with the nature of meaning, mind, action, and self.-
--Paul Colomy, Contemporary Sociology
-This is a beautiful work, poetic, musical, hauntingly brilliant as it seeks to catch and capture those elusively recurrent and obdurate processes which give everyday life its structured regularity. Lovingly detailed, this book is dramatism's answer to those poststructuralists who would reduce the figure of the human being to what Foucault calls -a face drawn in sand at the edge of the sea.--
--Norman K. Denzin, Symbolic Interaction
-This is a sophisticated book... embodying a broad range of humanistic scholarship.-
--John Heritage, American Journal of Sociology
-Discursive Acts is a penetrating examination of relationships annong language use, social interaction, and self-concept. The distinctive feature of the book is the appreciation its author shows of the nuances, subtleties, and tones in conversational interaction. The book moves away from mechanistic explanations of conversational achievements, thereby highlighting the rhetorical artistry in everyday talk.-
--Edward Lee Lamoureux, Communication Quarterly
"Perinbanayagam builds a strong case for taking on language as a topic that is of core importance to the sociology, and he provides some intriguing examples of just what this import might be."
--John F. Manzo, Social Forces
"Discursive Acts is a thoughtful, engaging, and important book. It combines synthetically-oriented theorizing with nuanced and thick interpretations of everyday discourse... I highly recommend this book to those concerned with the nature of meaning, mind, action, and self."
--Paul Colomy, Contemporary Sociology
"This is a beautiful work, poetic, musical, hauntingly brilliant as it seeks to catch and capture those elusively recurrent and obdurate processes which give everyday life its structured regularity. Lovingly detailed, this book is dramatism's answer to those poststructuralists who would reduce the figure of the human being to what Foucault calls "a face drawn in sand at the edge of the sea.""
--Norman K. Denzin, Symbolic Interaction
"This is a sophisticated book... embodying a broad range of humanistic scholarship."
--John Heritage, American Journal of Sociology
"Discursive Acts is a penetrating examination of relationships annong language use, social interaction, and self-concept. The distinctive feature of the book is the appreciation its author shows of the nuances, subtleties, and tones in conversational interaction. The book moves away from mechanistic explanations of conversational achievements, thereby highlighting the rhetorical artistry in everyday talk."
--Edward Lee Lamoureux, Communication Quarterly
"Perinbanayagam builds a strong case for taking on language as a topic that is of core importance to the sociology, and he provides some intriguing examples of just what this import might be."
--John F. Manzo, Social Forces
"Discursive Acts is a thoughtful, engaging, and important book. It combines synthetically-oriented theorizing with nuanced and thick interpretations of everyday discourse... I highly recommend this book to those concerned with the nature of meaning, mind, action, and self."
--Paul Colomy, Contemporary Sociology
"This is a beautiful work, poetic, musical, hauntingly brilliant as it seeks to catch and capture those elusively recurrent and obdurate processes which give everyday life its structured regularity. Lovingly detailed, this book is dramatism's answer to those poststructuralists who would reduce the figure of the human being to what Foucault calls "a face drawn in sand at the edge of the sea.""
--Norman K. Denzin, Symbolic Interaction
"This is a sophisticated book... embodying a broad range of humanistic scholarship."
--John Heritage, American Journal of Sociology
"Discursive Acts is a penetrating examination of relationships annong language use, social interaction, and self-concept. The distinctive feature of the book is the appreciation its author shows of the nuances, subtleties, and tones in conversational interaction. The book moves away from mechanistic explanations of conversational achievements, thereby highlighting the rhetorical artistry in everyday talk."
--Edward Lee Lamoureux, Communication Quarterly
"Perinbanayagam builds a strong case for taking on language as a topic that is of core importance to the sociology, and he provides some intriguing examples of just what this import might be."
--John F. Manzo, Social Forces
"Discursive Acts is a thoughtful, engaging, and important book. It combines synthetically-oriented theorizing with nuanced and thick interpretations of everyday discourse... I highly recommend this book to those concerned with the nature of meaning, mind, action, and self."
--Paul Colomy, Contemporary Sociology
"This is a beautiful work, poetic, musical, hauntingly brilliant as it seeks to catch and capture those elusively recurrent and obdurate processes which give everyday life its structured regularity. Lovingly detailed, this book is dramatism's answer to those poststructuralists who would reduce the figure of the human being to what Foucault calls "a face drawn in sand at the edge of the sea.""
--Norman K. Denzin, Symbolic Interaction
"This is a sophisticated book... embodying a broad range of humanistic scholarship."
--John Heritage, American Journal of Sociology
