Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Impression Management, Ingroups And Outgroups, Erving Goffman
18 Apr 2021
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Our socialization consists of learning how to play our assigned roles. Impression management is our desire to manipulate other" impressions of us on the outside. This imagery connects structure and agency, enabling each, while saying that structure and agency can limit each other. Social setting props (things use in our lives where we can stage how we display our life) Appearance clothing, physical stature, race, stereotypes. Manners of interacting facial expressions, body language, personal space. Stigma process: first, distinguish a difference (undesirable vs normal, second, assign a label, third, place people into categories (us vs them, last, discriminate. How stigmas are created: abominations of the body (physical/genetic abnormalities, scars, blemishes of individual character (generalized bad character, alcoholism, etc. , tribal (group affiliation, race, nationality, religion, etc. ) 4 criteria affecting level of perceived deviance: visibility (detectable by others, publicity (already known by others, obtrusiveness (affects social interaction, relevance (situational) Normalizing proving normalcy (i hardly ever do that)
