Constructing Physical Fights: An Interactionist Analysis of Violence among Affluent, Suburban Youth

摘要: Based on more than four years of ethnographic fieldwork and a dataset 189 violent encounters, this article explores the social phenomenology physical fights in novel setting. Although American sociologists have traditionally depicted violence as distinctively “ghetto” phenomenon, members sample were overwhelmingly white affluent. Since usual explanatory background factors—race, poverty, neighborhood—cannot adequately account for their experiences, is especially valuable analyzing generic interactional processes through which unfold. Furthermore, suggests model that runs counter to prevailing sociological perspective universally motivated by independent, preexisting conflicts. Oftentimes, set out “get into” perceived experiential rewards only later instigated disputes means motivate justify action. Using method analytic induction, presents generalizable theory how unfold interaction. Three stages necessary achieving fight: (1) agreeing fight solution challenge “interpersonal sovereignty,” (2) transcending ordinary fear violence, (3) using competitive techniques violence.