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dc.contributor.authorPunch, Samanthaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSnellgrove, Miriamen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-07T01:00:15Z-
dc.date.available2021-01-07T01:00:15Z-
dc.date.issued2021-09en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/32122-
dc.description.abstractThis article contributes to the emerging sociology of mind-sport as a new area of research by showing how everyday interaction and life skills are sharpened and honed through strategic interaction at the bridge table. Using the example of the card game bridge, the article explores how elite players engage in time-consuming and repetitive performances that display their ongoing impression management and strategic interaction work. Through interviews with 52 elite bridge players, the article argues that preparation and practice are required to improve play, alongside the ability to combine deception with notions of skilfully supportive transparent play. These contradictions are played out through learning to read the impressions given off by other players as well as plan in a disciplined manner for mistakes made at the table and to support their partner through silence. Using an interactionist framework, this article illustrates how strategic interaction and impression management are skills continually worked on in high-pressured and competitive environments. The article demonstrates the ways that everyday interaction practices are enhanced by and through a competitive mind-sport.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_UK
dc.relationPunch S & Snellgrove M (2021) Playing Your Life: Developing Strategies and Managing Impressions in the Game of Bridge. Sociological Research Online, 26 (3), pp. 601-619. https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780420973043en_UK
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectbridgeen_UK
dc.subjectcard gamesen_UK
dc.subjectGoffmanen_UK
dc.subjectimpression managementen_UK
dc.subjectmind-sportsen_UK
dc.subjectstrategic interactionen_UK
dc.titlePlaying Your Life: Developing Strategies and Managing Impressions in the Game of Bridgeen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1360780420973043en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleSociological Research Onlineen_UK
dc.citation.issn1360-7804en_UK
dc.citation.volume26en_UK
dc.citation.issue3en_UK
dc.citation.spage601en_UK
dc.citation.epage619en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderEnglish Bridge Union and Developmenten_UK
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Bridge Leagueen_UK
dc.contributor.funderKeep Bridge Aliveen_UK
dc.citation.date10/12/2020en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSociology, Social Policy & Criminologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSociology, Social Policy & Criminologyen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000625258600001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85097488691en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid1689939en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-9741-0978en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-2642-1116en_UK
dc.date.accepted2020-10-20en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-10-20en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2021-01-06en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorPunch, Samantha|0000-0001-9741-0978en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSnellgrove, Miriam|0000-0002-2642-1116en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|English Bridge Union and Development|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|European Bridge League|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|Keep Bridge Alive|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2021-01-06en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2021-01-06|en_UK
local.rioxx.filename1360780420973043.pdfen_UK
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local.rioxx.source1360-7804en_UK
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