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Stanley L. Saxton Tribute (Special Partial Issue). He made us lonesome when he went: in memory of a true pragmatist / M.A. Katovich -- Renewing the promise of pragmatism: towards a sociology of difference / F.G. Pestello, S.L. Saxton -- Spots on a gnat's ass, good soldiers, and sociology departments: Stan Saxton's pragmatist approach to sociology / D.E. Miller, et al. -- Urban inequality and the possibilities of church-based intervention / D.R. Maines, M.J. McCallion -- How relevant is the concept of the 'biologic individual' to sociology? / P. Tibbetts -- Reflections: Stan Saxton and the small town community / P.F. Palermo -- Theoretical Interventions. Attitudes and platitudes: postmodernism and interactionist thought / D.R. Dickens -- Castrato: predetermined to fluid self, or, a dialogue/performance script intended to inform Garfinkel about the possibilities of gendering / A. Fontana, R. Schmidt -- Communication, the Media, and Community. 'Have a nice day!': phatic communion and everyday life / B.N. Meltzer, G.R. Musolf -- From radio to television: space, sound, and motion / C.W. Kaha -- Managing disruptions and maintaining humor on late night talk / M.A. Katovich, R. Burns -- Race, Deviance, and the Body. Racism in the Ivory City: the natural history of a research project / J.E. Nash -- Critique of concordance in the commercial blood industry / L. Anderson -- Get-tough legislation as represented action: the case of caning, paddling, and flogging / P.W. Davis -- Self, Identity and Narrative. Stigma and place: space, community, and the politics of reputation / K.E. Hayden -- The eating disorder is not you : applying Bakhtin's theories in analyzing narrative co-construction in an internet support group / M.K. Walstrom -- Widowhood: reconstruction of self-concept and identities / H.Z. Lopata -- Cultural maintenance and narratives of resistance in educational reform / D.L. Altheide, D.A. Spencer.

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