Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922-82)
continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the
second half of the twentieth century, Goffman was an unquestionably
significant thinker whose reputation extended well beyond his
parent discipline.
A host of concepts irrevocably linked to Goffman's name - such as
'presentation of self', 'total institutions', 'stigma', 'impression
management' and 'passing' - are now staples in a wide range of
academic discourses and are slipping into common usage. Goffman's
writings uncover a previously unnoticed pattern in the minutiae of
everyday interaction. Readers are often shocked when they recognize
themselves in his shrewd analyses of errors and common
predicaments.
This superb study, written by one of the most respected
sociologists at work today, is an indispensible guide to the
sociology of Erving Goffman. This book offers a compact guide to
Goffman s key ideas and the debates they have engendered, and
incorporates understandings generated by recent Goffman
scholarship.
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