The Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies

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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. 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