Navigating Friendships in Interaction: Discursive and Ethnographic Perspectives

Bushnell and Moody's book explores the navigation of friendships through discursive and ethnographic perspectives, offering unique insights from participants and providing valuable analysis for researchers in conversation analysis, pragmatics, and social sciences.

Format: Hardback
Length: 270 pages
Publication date: 14 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Bushnell and Moody embark on a comprehensive exploration of the intricate dynamics of friendship, employing discursive and ethnographic approaches to examine a diverse range of interactional data from Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and English contexts. While traditional sociocultural anthropology has often relegated friendship to a secondary or residual concern, this book takes a groundbreaking approach by placing friendship at its core. Through in-depth analyses that vividly depict the participants' navigation of the serene and turbulent waters of friendship, the authors shed light on the intricate interplay of interpersonal dynamics involved in the formation and sustenance of these profound connections. This insightful work will be of immense value to researchers, undergraduates, and postgraduate students alike, as it provides real-life examples and rigorous analysis across the fields of conversation analysis, pragmatics, and other social sciences.

Weight: 680g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032463773