SOCI 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Erving Goffman, Pink Triangle, Foot Binding
22 Sep 2015
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Keep in mind that goffman was writing at a particular time and for a particular audience. By today"s standards his wriring may be sexits, racistm homophobic. The dramatrugical model the theory that socail reality is shaped by the meaining that we acribe to people, places, a micro sociological approach t the theory that see"s social interaction as a performance, as a drama unfolding (e. g. shakespear. We all perfrom in social situations and interactions and we"re different people depending on who it is that we are engaging with, we all have different roles. Front stage: the part of us that we allow people to see most social interaction happens inthe front stage, it is where we act and use scripts. Back stage: what fewer people see very close friends and family might see some of your backstage. Some might argue that they have no backstage. Props help add credibility to the role that we are performing.
