The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Goffman, Erving

ISBN 10: 0140135715 / ISBN 13: 9780140135718

Published by Penguin, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140135715
• ISBN 13: 9780140135718
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.