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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life: Literary Connections, Background and summary & Concepts

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a 1956 sociological book by Erving Goffman, in which the author uses the imagery of theatre to portray the importance of human social interaction. This approach became known as Goffman's dramaturgical analysis, and also introduced the concept of impression management.

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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Background and summary and Concepts as prominent areas in the source structure around The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.

Related topics
26
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
30
Extracted relationships
34
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
30

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Background and summary · 10 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Concepts · 6 topics
Reception · 2 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Publication date
1956 (Scotland); 1959 (U.S.)
Publisher
Doubleday
Awards
American Sociological Association’s MacIver Award (1961)
Authors
Erving Goffman
Language
English
Media type
Print (hardcover and paperback)

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Overview

Background and summary

Concepts

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

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How The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life connects Entity context

The extracted context around The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → American Sociological Association's MacIver, Everyday Life, Goffman, Goffman's, In, Philosopher Helmut, Self, The Presentation, Wagner Another extracted example is The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → At, Believing, Everyday Life, Goffman, He, Self, The Presentation. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Top relations

related to Reception · 9
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → American Sociological Association's MacIver, Everyday Life, Goffman, Goffman's, In, Philosopher Helmut, Self, The Presentation, Wagner
related to background · 7
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → At, Believing, Everyday Life, Goffman, He, Self, The Presentation
related to External links · 6
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → Erving Goffman, Everyday Life, Open Library, Open LibraryWorks, Self, The Presentation
Authors · 1
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → Erving Goffman
Awards · 1
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → American Sociological Association’s MacIver Award (1961)
ISBN · 1
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Language · 1
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → English
Media type · 1
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → Print (hardcover and paperback)
OCLC · 1
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → 59624504
Pages · 1
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → 251

Important terminology

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Important terminology

book life goffman self sociological social everyday performance presentation interaction also goffman's 1956 definition erving american maciver award 1961 theatre

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 34 structured relationships around The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Examples in this analysis include The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → Authors → Erving Goffman and The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life → Awards → American Sociological Association’s MacIver Award (1961). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeAuthorsErving Goffman1.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeAwardsAmerican Sociological Association’s MacIver Award (1961)1.00infobox
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeMedia typePrint (hardcover and paperback)1.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeOCLC596245041.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifePages2511.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifePublication date1956 (Scotland); 1959 (U.S.)1.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifePublication placeScotland1.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifePublisherDoubleday1.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeSubjectsSocial anthropology Sociology Social psychology1.00infobox
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Lifeis a1956 sociological book by Erving Goffman0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Everyday, Presentation and Erving. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life with Background and summary. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life — Background and summary · splits 20 ⟂ 11
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life — Overview · splits 22 ⟂ 9
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life — Concepts · splits 24 ⟂ 7
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life — Reception · splits 28 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples34
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Background and summary & Concepts, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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