| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 224 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 17 |
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Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 17
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| Contents |
Introduction: interpreting Goffman's sociological legacy / Greg Smith -- Erving Goffman : what is a life? The uneasy making of an intellectual biography / Yves Winkin -- Fine romances : two arrangements between the sexes in public places / Carol Brooks Gardner -- Role distance and the negational self / James J. Chriss -- Sundered selves : mental illness and the interaction order in the work of Erving Goffman / William Gronfein -- Ethnographic coats and tents / Philip Manning -- The omnipotence of the actor : Erving Goffman on 'the definition of the situation' / Wes Sharrock -- Reading Goffman on interaction / Rod Watson -- Non-person and Goffman : sociology under the influence of literature / Andrew Travers -- Claiming the text : parsing the sardonic visions of Erving Goffman and Thorstein Veblen / Gary Alan Fine |
| Summary |
This collection brings together many of today's leading sociologists to pursue and build upon the diverse aspects of Goffman's legacy and to discuss key topics of his work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-215) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Goffman, Erving.
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Social groups.
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Social interaction.
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Social role.
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Social structure.
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| Author |
Smith, Gregory W. H., 1950- editor
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| LC no. |
98035792 |
| ISBN |
0203019008 electronic bk |
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0203296877 electronic bk |
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0415112044 |
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9780203019009 electronic bk |
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9780203296875 electronic bk |
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9780415112048 |
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Cloth |
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