Many historians of sexuality explore how sexual subjectivity has taken shape in recent centuries, while historical sociologists tend to focus upon the intimate and erotic aspects of emergent social institutions. Symbolic interactionist sociology can add a new dimension to the existing debates, shifting the primary focus from the history of sexuality to a theoretically informed analysis of sexua...

Abstract The love story between Chibinda Ilunga and Lueji, one of the best-known legends Central African history, recounts genesis Mwant Yav dynasty Lunda polity. Previous discussions narrative pitted symbolic interpretations against historical findings. This article asks why became so influential from middle nineteenth century. Instead being an exclusively narrative, represented interests narr...

OBJECTIVE to analyze the meanings of leprosy for people treated during the sulfonic and multidrug therapy periods. METHOD qualitative nature study based on the Vigotski's historical-cultural approach, which guided the production and analysis of data. It included eight respondents who have had leprosy and were submitted to sulfonic and multidrug therapy treatments. The participants are also me...

The study explores the influence of the independent and interdependent self-construals on actual purchase behavior and the mediating role of consumer preferences for symbolic and hedonic meanings. Data were collected through a survey of about 1,000 respondents. Results indicate that independent consumers draw on the self/hedonicand status-symbolic resources of clothing in the construction and e...