Chapter 1 - Goffman Flashcards

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What Is Goffmans Work Associated With??

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Symbolic Interaction

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What Is Symbolic Interactionism?

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The Role Of The Symbolic Media In Social Interaction. Goffman Suas That Social Reality Is A Jointly Constructed Activity

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What Is His Theory Of?

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The Role Of Behaviour.

The Roles We Take Are Social Not Private, But The Way Goffman Coceives Them Demands We Are Active Performers.

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How Does Goffman See Social Life?

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As An Accomplished Performance. We Do Not Blindly Follow Social Rules, But We Actively Implement Then.

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What Does It Mean That Goffmans Work Dramaturgical ??

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He Compares Social Life To Acting On A Stage

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What Is The Front?

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the Expressive Equipment That We Use In Our Performances Intentionally.

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Explain The Front?

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Front Is The Main Part Of A Performance Which Regular Fucntions In A General Fixed Way To Define A Situation

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What Characteristics Are Included In The Front?

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Clothing, Race And Speechpatterns

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9
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Are Thee Characteristics Changeable Or Fixed?

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Both

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What Are Back Regions?

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The Areas Where The Performers Are Hidden From Thier Audience.

E.g. A kitchen in a restaurant or a staff room in a school

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What Is The Behaviour Like?

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Individuals Can Act More Profane Because It Is Not In Public. Efforts Are Made To Keep These Roles Segregated.

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12
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What Is Setting ?

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A Set Of Physical Sign Equipment Which Acts As Props In A Social Performance

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What Do Performances Rely On?

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Social Conditions. For Example A Lecture The Props Are The Chairs, Slides Etc..

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14
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What Are Goffmans Two Factors That Shape How We Are Define The Situation?

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  • By Practice

- Informational Asymmetries Exist Between Us And Others

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15
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What Threats Are There To Our Performances?

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  • Idealisation
  • Misresprentation
  • Mystification - Some Aspects Of Performance Are Designed To Create Mystery
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16
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Criticisms Of Goffman?

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  • Reflective Of Middle Class Americans Un 50s And 60s
  • Not Relevant To Central Sociological Questions About Statis Power And Conflict
  • It Is Not A Theory Of Social Life More A Description Of Social Life
  • Cannot Easily Be Linked To Sociological Research