SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Erving Goffman, Social Stigma, Impression Management
22 Apr 2013
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The stage - front stage and back stage: role, role performance, role distance ex/ waiter in a restaurant. Impression management: is an attempt by individuals to influence the views that others have of them. In the front stage: people attempt to generate a favourable impression; this is what people do when they are interacting with strangers and acquaintances. In the front stage, impression management takes place when people are in a job interview, a date. Criticisms of dramaturgical theory present a favourable self) and 2. the audience (will interpret the self and may/may not accept the self that is presented) --> goffman argues that most performances are accepted. After the publication of his book, there were two major criticisms: goffman offered a problematic view of people. The concern here was that goffman emphasized agency, personal will and personal attention in social interaction, they argued that he ignored structure (how class, status, and power affect social interaction)
