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 |
| Published: |
Los Angeles :
SAGE,
[2015]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 233 pages). |
| Series: |
Social thinkers series.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.