Stanley L. Saxton Tribute (Special Partial Issue). He made us lonesome when he went: in memory of a true pragmatist (M.A. Katovich). Renewing the promise of pragmatism: towards a sociology of difference (F.G. Pestello, S.L. Saxton). Spots on a gnat's ass, good soldiers, and sociology departments: Stan Saxton's pragmatist approach to sociology (D.E. Miller et al.). Urban inequality and the possibilities of church-based intervention (D.R. Maines, M.J. McCallion). How relevant is the concept of the 'biologic individual' to sociology? (P. Tibbetts). Reflections: Stan Saxton and the small town community (P.F. Palermo). Theoretical Interventions. Attitudes and platitudes: postmodernism and interactionist thought (D.R. Dickens). Castrato: predetermined to fluid self, or, a dialogue/performance script intended to inform Garfinkel about the possibilities of gendering (A. Fontana, R. Schmidt). Communication, the Media, and Community. 'Have a nice day!': phatic communion and everyday life (B.N. Meltzer, G.R. Musolf). From radio to television: space, sound, and motion (C.W. Kaha). Managing disruptions and maintaining humor on late night talk (M.A. Katovich, R. Burns). Race, Deviance, and the Body. Racism in the Ivory City: the natural history of a research project (J.E. Nash). Critique of concordance in the commercial blood industry (L. Anderson). Get-tough legislation as represented action: the case of caning, paddling, and flogging (P.W. Davis). Self, Identity and Narrative. Stigma and place: space, community, and the politics of reputation (K.E. Hayden). The eating disorder is not you : applying Bakhtin's theories in analyzing narrative co-construction in an internet support group (M.K. Walstrom). Widowhood: reconstruction of self-concept and identities (H.Z. Lopata). Cultural maintenance and narratives of resistance in educational reform (D.L. Altheide, D.A. Spencer).