Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most...
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Labeling theory (section Erving Goffman)
York: Orion Press. Goffman, Erving. 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Anchor Books. Goffman (1982) Goffman, Erving. 1974. Frame Analysis:...
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Social stigma (section Erving Goffman)
define these acts as criminal (or deviant) and will treat them as such. Erving Goffman described stigma as a phenomenon whereby an individual with an attribute...
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Dramaturgy (sociology) (category Erving Goffman)
stages. The term was first adapted into sociology from the theatre by Erving Goffman, who developed most of the related terminology and ideas in his 1956...
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Julius Erving (born 1950), American basketball player, also known as "Dr. J" Erving Goffman (1922–1982), Canadian sociologist and writer Erving Walker...
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (category Books by Erving Goffman)
Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a 1956 sociological book by Erving Goffman, in which the author uses the imagery of theatre to portray the importance...
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Yves Winkin (section Erving Goffman)
analyses of Erving Goffman's work in relation to his life. At various times, he worked with Pierre Bourdieu in France, as well as Goffman, Dell Hymes...
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that people are unaware they are doing so. The work of sociologist Erving Goffman laid the theoretical foundation for ways to study the construction of...
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Total institution (category Erving Goffman)
of sociologist Erving Goffman. The term is sometimes credited as having been coined and defined by Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman in his paper "On...
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Erving Goffman (1922–1982) was a Canadian sociologist Goffman may also refer to: Alice Goffman, American sociologist (and daughter of Erving Goffman) Andrew...
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Asylums (book) (category Books by Erving Goffman)
Other Inmates is a 1961 collection of four essays by the sociologist Erving Goffman. Based on his participant observation field work (he was employed as...
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with either the casual nod up or the formal nod down.[citation needed] Erving Goffman emphasized the role of hat-tipping as a means of closing encounters...
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Frances Bay (redirect from Frances Goffman)
in Dauphin, Manitoba. Her younger brother was the noted sociologist Erving Goffman. Before World War II she acted professionally in Winnipeg and spent...
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Garfinkel, Herbert Blumer, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu, and Erving Goffman. The field of sociology itself is a relatively new discipline and so...
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Alice Goffman (born 1982) is an American sociologist, urban ethnographer, and author mostly known for the fierce controversy that resulted from the publication...
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these man-made components are included in human cultural environment, Erving Goffman in particular emphasising the deeply social nature of the individual...
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praecox, which is now known as schizophrenia. In 1961, sociologist Erving Goffman described a theory of the "total institution" and the process by which...
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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity (category Books by Erving Goffman)
Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity is a 1963 book by Erving Goffman. Goffman's book Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity (1963)...
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According to Erving Goffman a role set is the various kinds of relevant audiences for a particular role. Robert K. Merton describes "role set" as the "complement...
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Behavior in Public Places (category Books by Erving Goffman)
Gatherings is a 1963 book by American sociologist Erving Goffman. It is one of several books by Goffman which focuses on everyday public interactions. Here...
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Afterburn (psychotherapy) (section Goffman)
employing "those lagging emotions that afterburn following a session". Erving Goffman has a related but rather different usage of the term "to refer to a...
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Gender Advertisements (category Books by Erving Goffman)
Advertisements is a 1979 book by Erving Goffman. Goffman's work has led to a number of further studies. In Gender Advertisements, Goffman analyzes how gender is...
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including initially Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, and later, Erving Goffman and Dell Hymes had huge influence on his work. For example, the book...
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psychological problem that may be treated independently. Sociologist Erving Goffman suggested that shying away from casual glances in the street remained...
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to understand the original context. The term grew out of the work of Erving Goffman and Joshua Meyrowitz. In his book No Sense of Place (1985), Meyrowitz...
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associated with this approach include Max Weber, George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, George Homans, and Peter Blau. It is also in this tradition that the...
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The term “persona” has been discussed by sociologists Robert Park and Erving Goffman in the 1950s. It is a tool to become persons by constructing the conception...
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Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior (category Books by Erving Goffman)
Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior is a 1967 book by Erving Goffman. Goffman's Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior is a collection...
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involved were Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, and Erving Goffman. Cooper used the term "anti-psychiatry" in 1967, and wrote the book...
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organization founded in 1970 by Thomas Szasz, George Alexander, and Erving Goffman for the purpose of abolishing involuntary psychiatric intervention,...
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