Erving Goffman
Canadian-American sociologist (1922–1982)
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Sociologist who made a career out of studying how people perform themselves in everyday life. Goffman's "presentation of self" framework became foundational to how we think about social interaction and identity.
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Erving Goffman was a Canadian-born American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century".
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