This book explores the fertility and enigma of Erving Goffman’s sociological reasoning and its capacity to shed fresh light on the fundamental features of human sociality. Thematically arranged, it brings together the work of leading scholars of Goffman’s work to explore the concepts and themes that define Goffman’s analytical preoccupations, examining the ways these ideas have shaped significant fields of study and situating Goffman’s sociology in comparison to some eminent thinkers often linked with his name. Through a series of chapters informed by the same inventive and imaginative spirit characteristic of Goffman’s sociology, the book presents fresh perspectives on his contribution to the field and reveals the value of his thought for a variety of disciplines now increasingly aware of the importance of Goffman’s sociology to a range of social phenomena. A fresh perspective on the legacy of one of sociology’s most important figures, The Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in interactionist and micro-sociological perspectives.
Author(s): Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Greg Smith
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 440
Contents
List of contributors
Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction: The persisting presence of Erving Goffman • Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Greg Smith
Part I: Concepts and themes
1 Dramaturgy • Charles Edgley
2 Self-presentation: impression management in the digital age • David Shulman
3 Ritual • Greg Smith
4 Stigma • Stacey Hannem
5 Total institutions • Mikaela Sundberg
6 Moral career • Susie Scott and James Hardie-Bick
7 Face-work • Jim O’Driscoll
8 Interaction in public places • Robin James Smith
9 Strategic interaction • Gary D. Jaworski
10 Frame analysis • Anders Persson
11 Reframing ‘footing’ • Jack Sidnell
12 The interaction order • M. Michael Rosenberg
Part II: Fields and studies
13 Goffman and the emotions: timely reflections on Erving Goffman as ‘emotion theorist’ • Michael Hviid Jacobsen
14 Goffman and medical sociology • Lee F. Monaghan
15 Goffman and communication • Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz and Yves Winkin
16 The reception of Goffman’s work in media studies • Peter Lunt
17 About ‘face’: reconsidering Goffman’s theory of face-work for digital culture • Michael James Walsh
18 Goffman and sociolinguistics • Csilla Weninger and J. Patrick Williams
19 Goffman and the sociology of the body • Nick Crossley
20 A primal scene: disability in everyday life • Devon Healey and Tanya Titchkosky
21 Goffman and visual studies • Michael L. Schwalbe
22 Goffman and gender studies • Chris Brickell
23 Goffman and gambling studies • Søren Kristiansen
24 Mobilities studies: Goffman on the move • Ole B. Jensen
25 Goffman on police work: a pragmatic dance in action • Peter K. Manning
26 Erving Goffman and the sociology of death and dying • Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Part III: Comparisons, interpretations and asides
27 Goffman and Elias: between deception and embarrassment • Helmut Kuzmics
28 Goffman and Garfinkel: sociologists of the ‘information order’ • Andrew P. Carlin
29 Goffman and Foucault: framing the micro-physics of power • Robert S. Leib
30 Goffman and Giddens: discovering a systematic theorist • John Scott
31 Ordering Goffman’s oeuvre: two addenda • Greg Smith
32 Goffman and fieldwork: Mottke, the thief • Sam Hillyard
33 Nothing funny about that! Erving Goffman and the (un)humorousness of everyday life • Ryan Mack and Gary Alan Fine
34 Learning from Goffman: toward a concept-driven transcontextual sociology • Eviatar Zerubavel
35 Goffman’s footnotes: excavating Erving Goffman’s revealing asides • Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Index
