Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/emYFGe8 Shyness and Society The Illusion of Competence By: Susie Scott Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Print ISBN: 9781403996039, 1403996032 eText ISBN: 9780230801325, 0230801323 Copyright year: 2007 Format: PDF Available from $ 119.00 USD SKU 9780230801325 Using Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places. The question of interactional competence is discussed in relation to issues of identity, embodiment, performativity and deviance.