Taken for Granted

The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable

Eviatar Zerubavel

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English

Princeton University Press
19 May 2020

Social groups; Gender studies, gender groups; Gay & Lesbian studies; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Sociology

"How the words we use-and don't use-reinforce dominant cultural norms

Why is the term ""openly gay"" so widely used but ""openly straight"" is not? What are the unspoken assumptions behind terms like ""male nurse,"" ""working mom,"" and ""white trash""? Taken for Granted exposes the subtly encoded ways we talk about topics like race, gender, sexuality, and"

By: Eviatar Zerubavel
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9780691202433
ISBN 10: 0691202435
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 19 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eviatar Zerubavel is Board of Governors and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. His many books include Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology and The Elephant in the Room: Silence and Denial in Everyday Life.

Reviews for Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable

"""Winner of the Charles Horton Cooley Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction"" ""Winner of the Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form, Media Ecology Association"""