Erving Goffman
Goffman developed dramaturgical sociology, analyzing everyday social interaction as a kind of performance in which individuals manage the impressions they make on others. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a foundational text of microsociology.
Works
- The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeSociological analysis of how people manage impressions in social interaction
- StigmaSociological study of how society treats people with social stigma
- AsylumsEthnographic study of total institutions and their effects on inmates
- Interaction RitualEssays on ritual, interaction, and the social construction of reality
- Frame AnalysisAnalysis of how humans organize and interpret social situations and experiences