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Rituals of Exchange in the Social World of Israeli Beggars: An Exploratory Study
Author(s) -
MeirDviri Mina,
Raz Aviad E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1525/si.1995.18.2.99
Subject(s) - symbolic interactionism , perspective (graphical) , sociology , the symbolic , exploratory research , sociological imagination , social psychology , social exchange theory , psychology , social science , psychoanalysis , visual arts , art
Based on a fieldwork in a central bus station in Israel, this study offers a novel consideration of the symbolic interactions underlying processes of communication, social exchange, and status attainment among beggars. The case study presents a possible alternative to sociological analyses of beggary as “deviant activity” by drawing upon the constructs of social‐world perspective and symbolic types.