Erving goffman biography sociology by philip manning

“Goffman’s Self-Ethnographies.”Symbolic Interaction published a special issue onErving Goffman and the Goffman Archives, and UNLV Gaming Research & Review brought out a collection of essays onGoffman, Gambling, and Risk Society.  A comprehensive biography of Goffman based on the EGA matirals is publshed by Routledge under the heading Erving Manuel Goffman: Bographical Sources of Sociological Imagination.   The index of biographical materials gathered for this project and headlined by the authors can be found on the following page,http://www.unlv.edu/centers/cdclv/archives/publications/ega2.html.

Goffman's writings, Manning argues, are much more systematic and conceptually powerful than is ordinarily acknowledged.

Goffman's writings, Manning argues, are much more systematic and conceptually powerful than is ordinarily acknowledged.

Erving Goffman and modern sociology.

This new book is the first comprehensive and accessible account of Erving Goffman's contributions, ranging in its scope from his very earliest work.

This new book is the first comprehensive and accessible account of Erving Goffman's contributions, ranging in its scope from his very earliest work right up to.

The work of Erving Goffman has had an enormous impact throughout the social sciences.

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