The Anthem Companion to Erving Goffman

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Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Anthem Press, Jan 10, 2023 - Social Science - 234 pages

The purpose of the volume – as with the other volumes published in the Anthem Press ‘Companion to Sociology’ series – is to provide a comprehensive overview of Erving Goffman’s continued importance within the field of sociology and related social science disciplines. The book will engage with some of the major themes and continuing concerns of Goffman’s sociology. Chapters have been selected based on their scope and their thematic content covering significant aspects of Goffman’s life and work, and authors have been selected based on their longstanding interest in and extensive knowledge of Goffman’s work.

 

Contents

List of Figures
1945
Master of Disguise or Conspiring
Cash
Chapter Three Goffmans Methods and Metaphors
Chapter Four Goffman and the Situation in Sociology
Chapter Five Interaction Order Controversies
Exploring Erving
Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Erving Goffman on Stakes Pools
Encounters Dramaturgy
Rebel Without a Cause?
Metaphors
Contributors
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About the author (2023)

Michael Hviid Jacobsen is a professor of sociology at Aalborg University, Denmark.

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