Soapsuds, Space, and Sociability
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Urban Life
- Vol. 11 (2) , 163-183
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089124168201100202
Abstract
Sociability among strangers is investigated in urban laundromats located in middle-class areas and escussed in terms of the pattern of relationships between observed properties of physical settings and observed reactions of individuals in these settings Laundromat behavior identified includes a form of display of the general properties of a subculture Specific rituals act as a form of implicit grammar governing interactionKeywords
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