The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Erving Goffman

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Author(s)

Erving Goffman

Publication, year

New York : Anchor Books, 1959

Scope

259 Pages, 20 cm.

ISBN

9780385094023

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In this book the author explores the realm of human behavior in social situations and the way that we appear to others. He uses the metaphor of theatrical performance as a framework.

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Keywords

performance , sociologie / sociology , body culture , identity

Location

Cabinet 31 - 2: Lichaam en omgeving / Body and Space

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;

Contains

index