Is social life just one big performance in which we are all individual actors? Sub-questions: What is a “real” act versus a phony act? “What are the ways in which a given impression can be discredited?” (pg. 62) Are legitimate performances of everyday life “acted?”  Goffman believes not.  “The legitimate performances of everyday life are [...]

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Keywords: blumer • contemporary sociology • erving goffman • george herbert mead • Sociology • symbolic interaction