SOCL 3601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Erving Goffman, Impression Management, Pantyhose
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For example a mugger tries to appear fierce, scary, dangerous. Not likely to tell parents what we do on dates: e(cid:454). But it is a social norm: for a man, choices about makeup, skirts, pantyhose, etc are not things he has to worry about, society has norms for a man and how a man should dress. February 9, 2018 then you expect it to be a classroom. Which people you let into which areas of your home. The people you let into your living room might not be the ones you let into your bathroom. Sometimes it may be done between people who never meet each other. Regardless, they are coordinating their efforts to put on a show for a certain audience: ex. Lsu trying to get large grants requires all types of people coordinating together all a part of selling the lsu brand: teams need backstage regions for the same reasons individuals need them.
