Theodoric Manley Jr., PhD, is an American sociologist and independent consultant for Urban and Intergroup Relations at the Hoop Institute (http://hoopinstitute.org/), and a former lecturer at California State University, Los Angeles, in the Departments of Sociology and Psychology.
This book harnesses symbolic interaction theory to understand the daily routine of intergroup relations. Intergroup relations encompass class, race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, religion, and disability.
These relations, the book argues, are formed through daily routine and are central to individual and social formation. The purpose is to discover how we reproduce intergroup relations during our daily routines and how we can understand the limits and constraints of intergroup relations, which create the conditions for empathy and emancipation across cultures. While focusing on daily routine, this book provides global and multicultural coverage, offering critical historical and contemporary case studies of intergroup relations and challenges across the axes of class, race and ethnicity, gender, and variegated identities and communities. Moving from key studies of racial and ethnic relations in U.S. history, this book examines in depth further examples from Palestine and Israel. Alongside this, the book also provides an important analysis of the role of media in the process of social formation and conflict.
This book will be a unique and salient resource for students, instructors, and readers in sociology, social theory, cultural studies, race and ethnicity studies, political sociology, and social psychology.
Introduction: Re-framing the Daily Routine of Intergroup Relations: A Symbolic Interactionist Account, Part I. The Symbolic Essence of Colorism in the Daily Routine of Intergroup Relations, 1. The Daily Routine of the Class and Caste System of Colorism: Assimilation is for Whites Only, and Acculturation is for All `Others´, 2. Pluralistic Intersectionalities in the Daily Routine of Intergroup Relations, 3. The Daily Routine of Power Conflict in Intersecting Intergroup Social Interaction and Relationships, Part II. The Daily Routine of Intergroup Essentialization and Weaponization of Difference, 4. Double Standards Embedded in the Daily Routines of Intergroup Relations: Global and Domestic, 5. Double Standards in the Daily Routine of Women and 2SLGBTQIA+ Intergroup Interactions and Relations, 6. The Daily Routine of Global and Domestic Oppositional Social Identities and Cultural Frames of Reference, Part III: Symbols, Signs, and Labels as Relevant but Not Essential to the Daily Routine of Intergroup Relations, 7. Transcending the Essentialist Daily Routine of Intergroup Interactions and Relations, 8. Western Media and the Social Reproduction of the Daily Routine of Intergroup Relations, 9. Embracing the Multicultural United States and Global Majority in Daily Intergroup Interactions: Breaking Down Empathy Walls
This book harnesses symbolic interaction theory to understand the daily routine of intergroup relations.
This book will be a unique and salient resource for students, instructors, and readers in sociology, social theory, cultural studies, race and ethnicity studies, political sociology, and social psychology.
"This book offers thorough discussions of how race became a theological, biological, cultural, political, and economic social construct and a bold argument about how the United States developed a system of colorism based on symbolic meanings. It also provides illustrative insights into the historical and social aspects of race, assimilation, and power dynamics within intergroup relations. The book´s combination of theory and case studies makes it ideal for teaching today´s students. Moreover, the combination of historical and contemporaneous cases gives it an advantage over existing texts, which students often find dated. I have long thought that the interactionist perspective has more to offer race than it has provided, up to now. The Daily Routine encourages readers to deconstruct false notions of difference, transcend divisive symbols, and embrace a more inclusive understanding of intergroup dynamics. By doing so, the book aims to foster a multicultural society where our shared humanity prevails over constructed divisions. I cannot think of a more important contribution to the subject.”
Leslie Irvine, Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder
