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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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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.
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WHEN an individual plays a part he implicitly requests his observers to take seriously the impression that is fostered before them. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
WHEN an individual plays a part he implicitly requests his observers to take seriously the impression that is fostered before them. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was first published in 1959 but it has not dated at all. It is a fascinating read. Goffman explains how every social transaction can be viewed as a performance. We all create and give out impressions to others. We also learn how, in life, to control and consciously alter the impressions we give out. Groups or teams of people co-operate in order to shape the impressions and interactions of the team. Interpretations of situations are radiated and conflict or consensus is managed. There are plenty of wide ranging examples of how the 'dramaturgical perspective' works, from waiters in restaurants to lawyers in court. This book changed my life and helped me see that experiences of intense embarrassment or shame are common consequences of our need to maintain face and manage personal presentation in the play-act of life. Also discussed are regions, roles and con-tricks. All the world's a stage and we are merely players... just don't hide behind the mask more than you need to!
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very interesting book which reminds me of Satre's Being and Nothingness and also the work of the Situationists. It is distinct from these works in that it focusses on social role-playing from a expressily "theatrical perspective" - using notions of front/backstage to distinguish between performances made for "audiences" (in the broad sense of "people around you") and the prepartion of these shows. Highly Recommeneded!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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...especially if they are always being given duff advice. If anybody tells you to "Just be yourself!" and "Be spontaneous", take a hardback copy of this book and beat them over the head, repeatedly. Goffman observes people's behaviour and reports back that all day, every day, everybody is calculating and foresightful, is acting a part and speaking from a script, is adopting a carefully constructed persona and imitating those around him. What really puzzles me, though, is why they lie about it.
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We all want to the gift to "see ourselves as ithers see us" as Rabbie Burns said. This book is a learned, rather academic approach to the subject of people's behaviour in the... Read more
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