Erving Goffman
Developed dramaturgical analysis, viewing social interaction as a performance, and explored the sociology of everyday life.
Quotes by Erving Goffman
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a credible being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a legitimate being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a valid being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a worthy being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a valuable being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a significant being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a meaningful being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a purposeful being.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a moral actor.
The individual's performance is a way of presenting himself as a social actor.
The individual is a product of his own acts and cogitations, but he is also the product of the social structure in which he finds himself.
When an individual plays a part he implicitly requests his observers to take his actions as representative of his capacity and his purpose in this capacity.
All the world is not, of course, a stage, but the crucial ways in which it isn't are less important than the ways in which it is.
A back region or stage is what it is because it is not front stage.
The whole machinery of agents, spotters, builders, and repairmen must be kept out of sight, or at least kept in a place where its presence will not detract from the performance.
Stigma is a process whereby the reaction of others spoils normal identity.
The stigmatized individual is asked to act so as to imply neither that his burden is heavy nor that bearing it has made him different from us.
By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human.
Total institutions do not substitute their institutional plan for the personal one that an individual brings with him.
A mental hospital, properly speaking, is a place where people who have 'mental disorders' are kept, watched over, and treated.