TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure of flirtation
T2 - On the construction of interactional ambiguity
AU - Tavory, Iddo
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This chapter delineates the interactional structure of flirtation. Refining Simmel's analysis, I show flirtation as a way in which two time frames are continuously maintained within the same interaction. Rather than moving into a future interaction by using what I term "actualization practices" - actions which thrust the present interaction into a future - interactants simultaneously use practices from both time frames, careful not to irrevocably shift the situation. The management of interactional ambiguity in flirtation is then analyzed as a key to examine other ambiguous or "suspended" interactions, where interactants must work to keep different potential future possibilities open.
AB - This chapter delineates the interactional structure of flirtation. Refining Simmel's analysis, I show flirtation as a way in which two time frames are continuously maintained within the same interaction. Rather than moving into a future interaction by using what I term "actualization practices" - actions which thrust the present interaction into a future - interactants simultaneously use practices from both time frames, careful not to irrevocably shift the situation. The management of interactional ambiguity in flirtation is then analyzed as a key to examine other ambiguous or "suspended" interactions, where interactants must work to keep different potential future possibilities open.
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U2 - 10.1108/S0163-2396(2009)0000033007
DO - 10.1108/S0163-2396(2009)0000033007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77950742401
SN - 0163-2396
VL - 33
SP - 59
EP - 74
JO - Studies in Symbolic Interaction
JF - Studies in Symbolic Interaction
ER -