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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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Frances Evelyn Bay (née
Goffman;
January 23, 1919 –
September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American
character actress and comedian. In a
career that spanned...
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Alice Goffman (born 1982) is an
American sociologist,
urban ethnographer, and
author mostly known for the
fierce controversy that
resulted from the publication...
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Erving Goffman (1922–1982) was a
Canadian sociologist Goffman may also
refer to:
Alice Goffman,
American sociologist (and
daughter of
Erving Goffman) Andrew...
- Mark
Goffman is an
American television writer and producer. He
currently serves as an
executive producer for the
Netflix series The
Umbrella Academy....
- 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 book...
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Andrew Goffman is an
American actor, stand-up comic, and author/performer of the Off-Broadway one man show The
Accidental Pervert.
Goffman began his career...
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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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special discrepancy between virtual and
actual social identity. (
Goffman 1963:3).
Goffman divides the individual's
relation to a
stigma into
three categories:...
- praecox,
which is now
known as schizophrenia. In 1961,
sociologist Erving Goffman described a
theory of the "total institution" and the
process by which...
