Goffman and social organization :  studies in a sociological legacy / 
 Goffman and social organisation  Goffman and social organisation :  Studies in a sociological legacy 
edited by Greg Smith. 
 - vi, 224 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Routledge studies in social and political thought ;  17 .
 - Routledge studies in social and political thought ;  17. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-215) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: interpreting Goffman's sociological legacy / Greg Smith -- Erving Goffman: what is a life? The uneasy making of an intellectual biography / Yves Winkin -- Fine romances: two arrangements between the sexes in public places / Carol Brooks Gardner -- Role distance and the negational self / James J. Chriss -- Sundered selves: mental illness and the interaction order in the work of Erving Goffman / William Gronfein -- Ethnographic coats and tents / Philip Manning -- The omnipotence of the actor: Erving Goffman on 'the definition of the situation' / Wes Sharrock -- Reading Goffman on interaction / Rod Watson -- Non-person and Goffman: sociology under the influence of literature / Andrew Travers -- Claiming the text: parsing the sardonic visions of Erving Goffman and Thorstein Veblen / Gary Alan Fine. 
<br/><br/> "This collection brings together leading sociologists to explore and build upon diverse aspects of Goffman's legacy and discuss key topics of his work. It reveals his contribution to sociology today."--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415112044 9780415112048 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98035792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social structure<br/>Social interaction<br/>Social groups<br/>Social role
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM291  / .G57 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.092