The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Hardcover

Goffman, Erving

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879510145 ISBN 13: 9780879510145

Publisher: Overlook Books, 1974

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 this title

From the Publisher:

A study of human behavior in social situations and the way we appear to others. Dr. Goffman has employed as a framework the metaphor of theatrical performance. Discussions of social techniques are based upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0879510145
• ISBN 13: 9780879510145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276