Inequity in the pursuitofintimacy: An analysis of British pick-upartistinteractions  

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Hambling-Jones, Oliver

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 44 no. 09 (2012), page 1115-1127.
Topik: Pick-up artist; Intimacy; Solidarity; Familiarity; Affect; Rapportmanagement; Equityandequilibrium
Fulltext: Hambling-Jones_O.pdf (250.01KB)

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The datapresentedherecomefromacollectionofsurreptitiousaudiorecordingsofnaturallyoccurringtalk-in-interactionbetween previously unacquaintedwomenandmale ‘Pick-Up Artists’ (PUAs) intheUK.Ourapproachdrawsoncloseobservationsofthese interactionaldatatodemonstratehowPUAsmovefromastateofunacquaintednesstowardsmore ‘intimate’ forms ofinteractional involvement. A prototypicalPUAisamalewhoseekstobesuccessfulat ‘seducing’ women. ‘PUA’ is notacategorylabelgiventotheindividual,but is onethatheclaimsforhimselfwithinanexistingPUACommunityofPractice.Acommoncommunitybeliefisthatthemeansofseduction are notrootedinphysicalattractiveness,socialstatusorwealth,but in theinteraction. Theclaimed ‘art’ in pick-upartistrymaybeseenin the relativespeedwithwhichtheprotagonistmaygain INTIMACY with theirfellowinterlocutor.ThePUAoperates,as Goffman (1967b) describes it, ‘‘where theactionis’’; theyareeverybitthegamblerinahigh-stakesgamewhereriskyplays--whichincludeissuesof im/politenessand IN/EQUITY --canhavehighpayoffs.ThefocusofthispaperishowPUAsactuallyplaythegame.

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