The Contemporary Goffman [Paperback]

The sociology of Erving Goffman has inspired generations of sociologists throughout the world. Students and scholars alike have in Goffmans unsurpassable and generous ability to capture the world of everyday life discovered an emporium of useful, incisive and quite often humorous analyses, concepts and ideas. The Contemporary Goffmanhighlights the continued relevance of Goffman to sociology and related disciplines  to theoretical discussions as well as to substantive empirical research  through contributions dealing with a variety of topics and themes. Some contributions concentrate on locating or reinterpreting Goffmans work as a special kind of sociology (as is found in his literary sensibilities or his fieldwork strategies). Others focus on overlooked aspects and neglected potentials of his sociology (by applying his perspective to studies of gender, emotions and violence), while others still relate his concepts and ideas to substantive research areas (such as the media, mobile telephones, hospitals, surveillance technologies and tourism).

Introduction: Goffman Through the Looking Glass: From Classical to Contemporary Goffman  Michael Hviid Jacobsen.  Dissecting Goffman 1. Goffmans Greenings  Yves Winkin  2. Labelling Goffman: The Presentation and Appropriation of Erving Goffman in Academic Life  Michael Hviid Jacobsen and S?ren Kristiansen  3. Continuities in Goffman: The Interaction Order  Peter K. Manning  4. Goffmans Textuality: Literary Sensibilities and Sociological Rhetorics  Greg Smith and Michael Hviid Jacobsen  5. Goffman, Still: Spoiled Identities and Sociological Irony  Charles Lemert.  Reframing Goffman  6. Reconsidering GendelCœ