Behavior in Public Places: Notes on the Social Organization of Gatherings - Hardcover

Goffman, Erving

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313223904 ISBN 13: 9780313223907

Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc, 1980

Synopsis

?As in his previous work, Goffman reveals in this book a startling observational acuity and a highly developed skill in descriptive analysis....Goffman effectively extends his argument in favor of a diagnosis of deviant behavior which takes account of the whole social situation.?-American Academy of Political and Social Science. Annals

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About the Author

Erring Goffman was born in Manville, Alberta (Canada) in 1922. He came to the United States in 1945, and in 1953 received his PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago. He was professor of sociology at the University of California at Berkeley until 1968, and thereafter was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Goffman received the MacIver Award in 1961 and the In Medias Res Award in 1978. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in 1983. Dr. Goffman's books include The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Encounters, Asylums, Behavior in Public Places, Stigma, Interaction Ritual, Strategic Interaction, Relations in Public, Frame Analysis, and Gender Advertisements.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313223904
• ISBN 13: 9780313223907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248