Fine, G.A. (2010). The sociology of the local: Action and its publics. Sociological Theory, 28(4), 356-376. Fine's text feels like the sociologist's analog to the lingiust's/literacy scholar's understanding of discourse communities. Fine's theorizing of the local--action, interaction, social organization--felt synonymous Gee's or Johns' definition of discourse communities. Fine (2010) writes "a local sociology asserts that …
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