Presents theoretical developments in the areas of race, identity, politics and authenticity. It honors the work of Ron Pelias and Patricia Ticineto Clough and features a performance essay that discusses representations of gender and ethnicity in HBO's "Sex and the City".

Honoring Ron Pelias Alice Filmer Coronary Epistemology: or What It Takes to Know Things by Heart: In Honor of Ronald J. Pelias Contributions to Qualitative Communication Research Carolyn Ellis The Emotional Life: Honoring Ron Pelias Denise Menchaca Pentimento, Permission, Poetry, and Pelias: Declaring my Heart Lesa Lockford Etudes: Lessons from the Heart of Ron Pelias Norman Denzin INDIANS IN THE PARK, PART TWO Ronald J. Pelias On Being Read Theoretical Interventions Joseph Schneider Rewriting the Subject of Knowledge: Contributions from the Work of Patricia Ticineto Clough Richard Bradley Race, Romanticism, and the Contours of Confederate Identity Phillip Vannini The Changing Meanings of Authenticity: An Interpretive Biography of Professors Work Experiences Performing Culture Tonya Davidson Stigma and the Single Girl: Performing Gender, Sex, and the City Barbara Woods McElroy The Processual Ordering of Mental Health Care: The Dramaturgical Styles of Contending Political Factions