A sociological perspective, developed by Erving Goffman, that analyzes everyday face-to-face interaction through the analogy of theatrical performance: individuals stage a presentation of self for an audience, managing setting, appearance and manner the way an actor manages a role. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own accountThe elements of a social interaction depend on the time, place and audience involved; social life is a continuous performance in which people manage the impressions others form of them, moving between a front stage where the performance is given and a back stage where it is prepared. 1 Origin YearSourced to the subject's own account1956 is the original Edinburgh edition of Goffman's The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life; a revised edition reached a wider American readership in 1959. Connections
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Randall Collins's interaction ritual chains build directly on Goffman's dramaturgical analysis of face-to-face interaction.
Goffman's dramaturgy reframed role theory as performance, the two concepts developed together in his work.
Goffman developed both dramaturgy and the total institution; the asylum study (Asylums, 1961) is the shared ground between them.
Source Wikipedia: Dramaturgy (Sociology)
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Source Wikipedia: Dramaturgy (Sociology)
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1. Wikipedia: Dramaturgy (Sociology)
WikipediaOpening definition, description
Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective that analyzes micro-sociological accounts of everyday social interactions through the analogy of performativity and theatrical dramaturgy.
Core claim section, interaction as performance
the elements of human interactions are dependent upon time, place, and audience.
Goffman section, origin year
Erving Goffman adapted the term into sociology and developed most of the related terminology and ideas in his 1956 book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.
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