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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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