Erving Manuel Goffman

Auteur

Dmitri N. Shalin is professor of sociology and director of the Center for Democratic Culture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr Shalin is coordinator of Justice & Democracy Forum series, editor of the Social Health of Nevada Report, director of the Erving Goffman Archives and International Biography Initiative, and organizer of international forums on Russian politics and culture. His research interests and publications are in the areas of biohermeneutics, pragmatism, democratic culture, emotional intelligence, and Russian culture and society.

Texte du rabat

This book, the first comprehensive biography of Goffman, shows how key turns in Goffman's career reflected dramatic events in his family and personal history.The approach adopted in this investigation sheds new light on Goffman's scholarship which has had an enormous and continuous impact across the social sciences and humanities.

Contenu

Introduction 1 Leaving the tribe 2 Learning the trade 3 Waxing Academic 4 Coping with madness 5 Taking a gamble 6 Mastering the game 7 Gendering sex 8 Breaking the frame 9 Facing death 10 Conjuring a legacy Conclusion Appendix A: Goffman Archives Appendix B: Immigration Records Appendix C: Photo Gallery Appendix D: Biographical Timeline References