Re: accounts and identity

Jon Epstein (epstein@wfu.edu)
Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:56:46 -0500

At 17:31 06.03.96 -0600, you wrote:
> On 6 March, Jon Epstein wrote:
>
> "... behaviors which require accounts are generally those behaviors
>which are considered "deviant." Presumably one does not have to account
>for "normal" behavior."
>
> I'm afraid I don't know what readings people are referring to, but
>would like to comment on the above remark.

Oops, my mistake.
We are reading the chapter on accounts
in Lyman and Scott. 1989. A Sociology of the Absurd. Second edition.

One of my favorite books, but hey, I'm a
nerd.

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