The Goffman Reader

by Erving Goffman

Book Overview

The Goffman Reader aims to bring the most complete collection of Erving Goffman's (1922-1982) writing and thinking as a sociologist. Among the most inventive, unique and individualistic of thinkers in American sociology, his works first appeared in the early 1950's at a time when a more formal, traditional sociology dominated the scene. In this collection, Goffman's work is arranged into four categories: the production of self, the confined self,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557868948
• ISBN13: 9781557868947
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"