Erving Goffman (1922-82) is considered to be among the greatest and
most inventive of American sociologists. His works first appeared
at a time when traditional, formal American sociology dominated the
scene. They introduced fresh, new ideas and ways of thinking about
the individual in the social world.
Although Goffman is more often thought of as being grounded in
symbolic interactionism, he was in fact the first to raise
questions about the socially constructed self, the distinction
between public identity versus the private self, the role of gender
in society, and the study of public spaces. These themes remain of
primary interest today, making Goffman one of the most influential
thinkers in late twentieth-century social thought.
For the first time in any collection, readers will have access
to the complete development of Goffman's writing and thinking from
his earliest, lesser-known works to his final masterpiece
"Felicity's Condition." Included in this collection are pieces from
Goffman's classic works including "Stigma, Asylums, The
Presentation of Self in Everyday Life," and "Forms of Talk."
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