{"product_id":"erving-goffman-greg-smith-9780415355902","title":"Erving Goffman","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922-82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century, Goffman was an unquestionably significant thinker whose reputation extended well beyond his parent discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA host of concepts irrevocably linked to Goffman's name - such as 'presentation of self', 'total institutions', 'stigma', 'impression management' and 'passing' - are now staples in a wide range of academic discourses and are slipping into common usage. Goffman's writings uncover a previously unnoticed pattern and order in the minutiae of everyday interaction. Readers are often shocked when they recognize themselves in his shrewd analyses of errors, awkwardness and common predicaments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg Smith's book traces the emergence of Goffman as a sociological virtuoso, and offers a compact guide both to his sociology and to the criticisms and debates it has stimulated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415355907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415355902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.30w x 0.67d","brand":"Greg Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064902234367,"sku":"9780415355902","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0148404-f963-4c36-ae9a-4b0d5c803415.jpg?v=1768671804","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/erving-goffman-greg-smith-9780415355902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}