The social thought of Erving Goffman
Part of the SAGE Social Thinker series, this book serves as a concise and inviting introduction to the life and works of Erving Goffman, one of the most prominent social theorists in postwar sociology. Goffman's ideas continue to influence scholars in various fields and have also attracted many...
| Main Author: | Jacobsen, Michael Hviid, 1971- |
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| Other Authors: | Kristiansen, Søren, 1971- |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
SAGE,
[2015]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 233 pages). |
| Series: |
Social thinkers series.
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| Summary: |
Part of the SAGE Social Thinker series, this book serves as a concise and inviting introduction to the life and works of Erving Goffman, one of the most prominent social theorists in postwar sociology. Goffman's ideas continue to influence scholars in various fields and have also attracted many readers outside conventional academia. Goffman's overall research agenda was the exploration of what he termed the interaction order-that is, the micro social order that regulates the co-mingling of people in each other's immediate presence. He coined several new concepts (face-work, impression managem. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Part of the SAGE Social Thinker series, this book serves as a concise and inviting introduction to the life and works of Erving Goffman, one of the most prominent social theorists in postwar sociology. Goffman's ideas continue to influence scholars in various fields and have also attracted many readers outside conventional academia. Goffman's overall research agenda was the exploration of what he termed the interaction order-that is, the micro social order that regulates the co-mingling of people in each other's immediate presence. He coined several new concepts (face-work, impression managem. Series editor's foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The life and times of Erving Goffman -- Reading Goffman "backwards" -- Goffman's "mixed methods" -- Goffman's sociology of everyday life interaction -- Goffman's sociology of deviance -- Goffman and the self -- Goffman on frames, genderisms and talk -- Reading Goffman "forwards" -- The legacy of Erving Goffman -- Further readings. eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks. FLC - Ebsco ebook owned. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 233 pages). |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483310374 148331037X 9781483381725 1483381722 |