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Goffman, Erving (1922–1982) (2007)
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Smith, G. (2007). Goffman, Erving (1922–1982). In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York: Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x

This entry outlines Goffman’s biography, sketches the importance of the intellectual and social contexts provided by the universities of Toronto and Chicago where Goffman studied in the 1940s and 1950s, and summarizes his major substantive contributi... Read More about Goffman, Erving (1922–1982).