Product details
ISBN
9780140135718
Published
1990
Publisher
Vendor
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
193 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
15 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256
Author
Biographical note
Erving Goffman (1922-1982) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century. He was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.
In what the General Practitioner called ‘this intelligent searching work’, the author of ‘Stigma’ and ‘Asylums’ presents an analysis of the structures of social encounters from the perspective of the dramatic performance. He shows us exactly how people use such ‘fixed props’ as houses, clothes, and job situations; how they combine in teams resembling secret societies; and how they adopt discrepant roles and communicate out of character. Professor Goffman takes us ‘backstage’ too, into the regions where people both prepare their images and relax from them; and he demonstrates in painful detail what can happen when a performance falls flat.
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Presents an analysis of the structures of social encounters from the perspective of the dramatic performance. This title shows us how people use such 'fixed props' as houses, clothes, and job situations; how they combine in teams resembling secret societies; and, how they adopt discrepant roles and communicate out of character.
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Product details
ISBN
9780140135718
Published
1990
Publisher
Vendor
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
193 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
15 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256
Author