Erving Goffman

Quotes

• “The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it is a dramatic effect arising diffusely from a scene that is presented.”

• “Approved attributes and their relation to face make every man his own jailer; this is a fundamental social constraint even though each man may like his cell.”

• “There seems to be no agent more effective than another person in bringing a world for oneself alive, or, by a glance, a gesture, or a remark, shriveling up the reality in which one is lodged.”

• “So I ask that these papers be taken for what they merely are: exercises, trials, tryouts, a means of displaying possibilities, not establishing fact.”

• “In total institutions there is a basic split between a large managed group, conveniently called inmates, and a small supervisory staff.”

Books by Erving Goffman in order

Books by Erving Goffman in the order they were published, from The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1952) to Communication Conduct in an Island Community (2022).

1. 1The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeThe Presentation of Self in Everyday Life1952
2. 2AsylumsAsylums1961
3. 3EncountersEncounters1961
4. 4Behavior in Public PlacesBehavior in Public Places1963
5. 5StigmaStigma1963
6. 6Interaction RitualInteraction Ritual1967
   What's in it (7)

   • On Face-work
   • Ork
   • The Nature of Deference and Demeanor
   • Embarrassment and Social Organization
   • Alienation from Interaction
   • Mental Symptoms and Public Order
   • Where the Action Is
7. 7Strategic InteractionStrategic Interaction1969
8. 8Relations in PublicRelations in Public1971
9. 9Verhalten in Sozialen SituationenVerhalten in Sozialen Situationen1971
10. 10AsyleAsyle1973
11. 11La Mise en scène de la vie quotidienne, tome 1La Mise en scène de la vie quotidienne, tome 11973
12. 12La mise en scène de la vie quotidienne, tome 2La mise en scène de la vie quotidienne, tome 21973
13. 13Frame AnalysisFrame Analysis1974
14. 14Presentation of SelfPresentation of Self1974
15. 15Gender AdvertisementsGender Advertisements1976
16. 16Forms of TalkForms of Talk1981
17. 17Encounters; Two Studies in the Sociology of InteractionEncounters; Two Studies in the Sociology of Interaction2013
18. 18Reklamlarda Toplumsal CinsiyetReklamlarda Toplumsal Cinsiyet2020
19. 19Communication Conduct in an Island CommunityCommunication Conduct in an Island Community2022
20. 20Symbols of Class StatusSymbols of Class Status
21. 21The Goffman ReaderThe Goffman Reader
22. 22The Interaction Order: American Sociological Association, 19The Interaction Order: American Sociological Association, 1982 Presidential Address

Lists with books by Erving Goffman

• Books like The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
• Books like Forms of Talk