Erving Goffman

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Erving Goffman was a Canadian sociologist renowned for his micro-sociological analyses of everyday life, particularly through concepts like dramaturgy, face-work, and the presentation of self.

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instanceOf Canadian sociologist
human
social theorist
sociologist
academicDegree PhD in sociology
causeOfDeath stomach cancer
child Alice Goffman NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Canada
dateOfBirth 1922-06-11
dateOfDeath 1982-11-19
doctoralAdvisor Everett C. Hughes NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Chicago
University of Manitoba NERFINISHED
University of Toronto
employer University of California, Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Goffman NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork ethnography
micro-sociology
social psychology
sociology
symbolic interactionism
givenName Erving NERFINISHED
influenced conversation analysis
ethnomethodology
sociology of everyday life
mainInterest everyday life
identity
social interaction
notableConcept dramaturgical analysis
face-work NERFINISHED
frame analysis
presentation of self
stigma
total institution
notableWork Asylums NERFINISHED
Forms of Talk NERFINISHED
Frame Analysis NERFINISHED
Interaction Ritual NERFINISHED
Relations in Public NERFINISHED
Stigma NERFINISHED
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Mannville, Alberta, Canada NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
President of the American Sociological Association NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
spouse Angelica Schuyler Choate NERFINISHED
Gillian Sankoff NERFINISHED
workLocation Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED

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Georg Simmel influenced Erving Goffman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux hasPublished Erving Goffman
Herbert Blumer influenced Erving Goffman