SA 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Georg Simmel, Ascribed Status, Role Theory
25 Oct 2016
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Can help us think about small-scale, face-to-face social interaction. His father ran a successful chocolate factory. Wrote about city and see what happens to people distance between their inner self. Another sociologist working with daily one on one social interaction. Has 3 components: how you imagine you appear to others, how you imagine those other judge your appearance, how you feel as a result. Act out the roles that they have (front page- public displace) Dramaturgical approach: sociological research that utilizes the methodology of life taking place on a stage with a front stage for public display and a back stage. Impression management: the term goffman used to describe the tactics people employ when presenting themselves publicly. Actors in social situations attempt to act in such a way as to attempt to avoid being embarrassed or embarrassing others. Wrote that actors seldom accept shame or embarrassment passively; instead they try to manage it by avoidance if possible.
