The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
What if every interaction you have is, at its core, a performance? In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, sociologist Erving Goffman introduces his groundbreaking dramaturgical framework, arguing that human social behaviour is best understood as a theatrical production in which individuals are simultaneously actors and audience members. Drawing on rich, everyday examples — from dinner party conversations to professional encounters — Goffman illustrates how people meticulously manage their self-image through impression management, controlling what others see and believe about them through carefully staged front stage performances, while reserving their true selves for back stage moments away from scrutiny. Published in 1959, this landmark work of sociology and social psychology remains one of the most cited and transformative texts of the twentieth century. Goffman's prose is sharp, witty, and compulsively readable, belying the depth and rigour of his theoretical apparatus. His dramaturgical model reshaped the fields of sociology, communication studies, and social psychology, and its influence reverberates through contemporary debates on identity, social media, and public persona. For anyone who has ever wondered why we act differently depending on who is watching, Goffman's essential work offers an answer that is at once unsettling, illuminating, and utterly impossible to forget.
Author: Erving Goffman
Format: Hardback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
What if every interaction you have is, at its core, a performance? In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, sociologist Erving Goffman introduces his groundbreaking dramaturgical framework, arguing that human social behaviour is best understood as a theatrical production in which individuals are simultaneously actors and audience members. Drawing on rich, everyday examples — from dinner party conversations to professional encounters — Goffman illustrates how people meticulously manage their self-image through impression management, controlling what others see and believe about them through carefully staged front stage performances, while reserving their true selves for back stage moments away from scrutiny. Published in 1959, this landmark work of sociology and social psychology remains one of the most cited and transformative texts of the twentieth century. Goffman's prose is sharp, witty, and compulsively readable, belying the depth and rigour of his theoretical apparatus. His dramaturgical model reshaped the fields of sociology, communication studies, and social psychology, and its influence reverberates through contemporary debates on identity, social media, and public persona. For anyone who has ever wondered why we act differently depending on who is watching, Goffman's essential work offers an answer that is at once unsettling, illuminating, and utterly impossible to forget.