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Erving Goffman was a Canadian-born sociologist whose close analysis of encounters made face-to-face interaction a major object of social theory. He studied how people coordinate conduct, sustain definitions of situations, and manage the impressions and risks built into public life.

Books including The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Asylums, Stigma, Interaction Ritual, and Frame Analysis developed a distinctive vocabulary for the interaction order.

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  1. Frames and the Interaction Order 3 sources · updated Jul 26, 2026
  2. The Presentation of Self 3 sources · updated Jul 26, 2026
  3. Stigma and Total Institutions 3 sources · updated Jul 26, 2026
  4. Dramaturgy 2 sources · updated Jul 26, 2026
  5. Institutions and Stigma 2 sources · updated Jul 26, 2026
  6. The Interaction Order 2 sources · updated Jul 26, 2026

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