Role-taking (George Herbert Mead). Self construction. Primary socialization. Secondary socialization. Re-socialization. Significant Others and reference groups. Pygmalion effect and Looking Glass Self (Cooley). Stereotypes and prejudices. Ethnocentrism. Stigma. Labeling processes and total institutions (Goffman). Subcultures (Becker). Moral Panic (Cohen) and social problems construction. Sociological reflections on the stranger: Chicago School: migrations, urban subcultures e marginal man (Park, Thomas e Znaniecki, Whyte).
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