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Review Essay: Selves on the Move

Gillespie, Alex, Becoming Other: From Social Interaction to Self-Reflection. Greenwich, CT: Information Age, 2006. 308 pp. ISBN: 978—1—59311—230—1 (pbk)

University of Cambridge, UK, bw249{at}cam.ac.uk

Irini Kadianaki

University of Cambridge, UK, eik21{at}cam.ac.uk

This review examines how we can use the theoretical and methodological tools of Gillespie's book to become better social scientists. We examine ways of approaching intergroup relations by applying the ideas of the book to the context of immigrants moving to Greece. Issues of the mediation of culture in communication and understanding between people are then examined. Specifically, the paths of understanding through the use of symbolic resources are explored through the contexts of Ladakhi tourism and of immigrants in Greece. Finally, we examine the ways in which social scientists move in their understanding of social phenomena.

Key Words: immigration • Mead • mediation • self-reflection • selves • symbolic resources • tourism

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Culture & Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 4, 488-499 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X07082807


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