Erving Goffman

by Tom Burns and Burns Tom

Book Overview

Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922-82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century, Goffman was an unquestionably significant thinker whose reputation extended well beyond his parent discipline.

A host of concepts irrevocably linked to Goffman's name - such as 'presentation of self', 'total institutions', 'stigma', 'impression management' and 'passing' -...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415064929
• ISBN13: 9780415064927
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"