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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
by Erving Goffman
ISBN: 9780385094023
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bookofjoe
· 2018-12-12 ·
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life — Erving Goffman (1956) You will recognize yourself and things you do, brought into high relief and as such revelatory.
https://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Self-Everyday-Life/dp/03...
coffeemug
· 2018-09-27 ·
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There is a classic book by the sociologist Erving Goffman (
https://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Self-Everyday-Life/dp/03...
) that covers this phenomenon. All the world's a stage.
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