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Interactionist perspective in relation to the culture of poverty�

Answer 1

Symbolic Interactionism is a theoretical framework based on the idea that people   (individually and in groups) create, transmit, and alter symbols which have a significant mutually agreed upon meaning. These symbols can include but are not limited to modes of dress, language, symbols, gestures, and images. The broad understanding one can derive from this is that collective life dictates norms via the creation of these symbols.

Answer 2

In sociology, interactionism is a theoretical perspective that derives social processes (such as conflict, cooperation, identity formation) from human interaction.[1] It is the study of how individuals shape society and are shaped by society through meaning that arises in interactions.[2] Interactionist theory has grown in the latter half of the twentieth century and has become one of the dominant sociological perspectives in the world today. George Herbert Mead, as an advocate of pragmatism and the subjectivity of social reality, is considered a leader in the development of interactionism. Herbert Blumer expanded on Mead's work and coined the term "symbolic interactionism".

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