The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeBased upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions, here is a notable contribution to our understanding of ourselves, using theatrical performance as a framework. This book explores the realm of human behavior in social situations and the way that we appear to others. Each person in everyday social intercourse presents himself and his activity to others, attempts to guide and control the impressions they form of him, and employs certain techniques in order to sustain his performance, just as an actor presents a character to an audience. |
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Page 136
... become bewildered and tormented ) .28 These problems can become especially acute when one of the individual's shows depends upon an elaborate stage setting . Hence the implied disillusionment in Herman Mel- ville's discussion of how the ...
... become bewildered and tormented ) .28 These problems can become especially acute when one of the individual's shows depends upon an elaborate stage setting . Hence the implied disillusionment in Herman Mel- ville's discussion of how the ...
Page 247
... become less frequent , we can observe the up - grading of domestic estab- lishments , wherein the kitchen , which once possessed its own back regions , is now coming to be the least presentable region of the house while at the same time ...
... become less frequent , we can observe the up - grading of domestic estab- lishments , wherein the kitchen , which once possessed its own back regions , is now coming to be the least presentable region of the house while at the same time ...
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... become a performing team and the ob- servers become the audience . Actions which appear to be done on objects become gestures addressed to the audience . The round of activity becomes dramatized . We come now to the basic dialectic . In ...
... become a performing team and the ob- servers become the audience . Actions which appear to be done on objects become gestures addressed to the audience . The round of activity becomes dramatized . We come now to the basic dialectic . In ...
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