Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Gay Bar, Erving Goffman
8 Mar 2013
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Stigma: notes on the management of spoiled identity. Dramaturgical model -- goffman a perspective that sees social life as a performance. Shakespeare: all the world"s a stage and we are it"s players etc etc. Actor, other, role, script, set, stage, props, front stage, back stage: there are parts that go with roles. There are plenty of parts that go with the roles. To be a good dude, you don"t kill people or be a rapist and yeah: can get kicked out of a script for not complying. If you are a shitty employee you"ll eventually get fired. We"ve all got masks on and they"re switching all the time. Unless you"re me heh heh: we"re never not wearing a mask, we"re forever performing, we"re all impostors. Actor and the other (audience) constantly acting back and forth. The front stage is where you perform and the back stage is where you prepare for your performance.
