num_pages: 247
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
titlecomplete: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
genres: Anthropology, Social Science, Theory, Academic, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Science, School, Sociology
ratings_count: 5632
publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)