Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior

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Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior is a 1967 book by Erving Goffman.[1][2][3][4][5]

Goffman's Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior is a collection of six essays. The first four were originally published in the 1950s, the fifth in 1964, and the last was written for the collection. They include "On Face-work" (1955); "The Nature of Deference and Demeanor" (1956); "Embarrassment and Social Organization" (1956); "Alienation from Interaction" (1957); "Mental Symptoms and Public Order" (1964); and "Where the Action Is".[6]

The first essay, "On Face-work", discusses the concept of face, which is the positive self-image a person holds when interacting with others. Goffman believes that face "as a sociological construct of interaction is neither inherent in nor a permanent aspect of the person".[6] Once someone offers a positive self-image of him- or herself to others, they feel a need to maintain and live up to that image. Inconsistency in how a person projects him- or herself in society risks embarrassment and discredit. So people remain guarded to ensure that they do not show themselves to others in an unfavorable light.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tiryakian, Edward A. (1968). "Review of Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior". American Sociological Review. 33 (3): 462–463. doi:10.2307/2091926. JSTOR 2091926.
  2. ^ Hughes, Everett C. (November 1969). "Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior. Erving Goffman". American Journal of Sociology. 75 (3): 425–426. doi:10.1086/224800.
  3. ^ Strodtbeck, Fred L. (July 1970). "Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior. Erving Goffman". American Journal of Sociology. 76 (1): 177–179. doi:10.1086/224921.
  4. ^ Meltzer, B. N. (1 September 1968). "INTERACTION RITUAL: ESSAYS IN FACE-TO-FACE BEHAVIOR. By Erving Goffman. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1967. 270 pp. $5.75". Social Forces. 47 (1): 110–111. doi:10.2307/2574751. JSTOR 2574751. ProQuest 1291019823.
  5. ^ Prisching, Manfred (2022). "Interaction Ritual. Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior". Goffman-Handbuch. pp. 309–315. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05871-3_42. ISBN 978-3-476-05870-6.
  6. ^ a b c Trevino, A. Javier (2003). Goffman's Legacy. Lanham, Md.:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7425-1977-0.


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