Erving Goffman by Tom Burns
The first major study of the most successful sociologist of the post war years
Burns - a world class sociologist
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Erving Goffman
Summary
This superb study, written by one of the most respected sociologists at work today, is an indispensible guide to the sociology of Erving Goffman. It offers a compact guide to his key ideas and debates.
Erving Goffman Summary
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Table of Contents
1. Preliminaries 2. Social Order - Interaction Order 3. Involvement, Interdependence and Alienation 4. Friends, Polite Fictions, and Enemies 5. Acting Out 6. `Normalisation' 7. `Abnormalisation' 8. `Grading and Discrimination' 9. Realms of Being 10. Through the Looking-Glass 11. Towards a Rhetoric of Talk 12. Talk and its Audiences 13. Loose Ends, and Some Connections
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NPB9780415064927
9780415064927
0415064929
Erving Goffman by Tom Burns
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19911107
394
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