La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione

explains in 250 pages why parties are terrible five stars now, five stars forever

My favorite part of this book is the cover. The presentation of the book in everyday life. My second favorite part of this book is the author’s name, which is fun to say repeatedly in foreign accents. My third favorite part of this book was the body of the work itself, which is, indeed, brilliant, and Leggi tutto

Accessible sociology that is fun to read: Goffman looks at the roles we play and the ensembles we play them with, the costumes, texts and behaviors we employ, the audiences we want to influence as well as the stages we step on. His main accomplishment is to give these phenomena structure and to prov Leggi tutto

Some of you know me by my slave name "Julio Pino". When I was a house guest of the U.S. government the other fellows knew me by three identities, "Cuba", "Professor" and "Assad". There's also my nomme de demimonde "Planck" (alas, "Heisenberg" was already taken.) All this proves Erving Goffman's exis Leggi tutto

I'm not a student of sociology or psychology, but I can't seem to stay away from the work of Erving Goffman. This is the third book by Goffman that I've read (others: Stigma, Asylums). In this book, Goffman elucidates a "dramaturgical" theory of self, which he claims is an additional method of expla Leggi tutto

Güzel kitap. Günlük yaşama dair dramaturjik bakış; Bir tiyaro mu oynuyoruz her gün? Sahne ile kulis arasında mı koşuşturuyoruz? Bir sahnenin oyuncusu, bir diğerinin seyircisi miyiz? Genel kabul görmüş ve yaygın bir görüş kesinlikle: "Dünya bir sahne." Çoğumuz dünyaya herşeyi bilerek geldiğimizden do Leggi tutto

Соціальна взаємодія опирається на уявлення учасників один про одного. Проте як ці уявлення конструюються? І чому ми віримо одним презентаціям себе та не віримо іншим? Якраз про це і йдеться в книзі Ірвінґа Ґофмана "Представлення себе в повсякденному житті". Ласкаво запрошую перегляду! https://youtu.b Leggi tutto

Contrary to many of the reviews listed, I think Goffman's examination of social interaction as presentation is increasingly relevant in the consumer/citizen, capitalist culture we have created for ourselves in the Western, developed world. The performances we offer now are less representative and mo Leggi tutto