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    This racism has brought discrimination to the Muslim community from all over the world. I plan to apply the sociological theories of Erving Goffman and W.E.B. Du bois to better understand the anti-Islamic racism going on around the world and its effects on society. The first Theorist I will talk about will be Erving Goffman. Erving Goffman talked about stigmas‚ stereotypes‚

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    ROLE‚ ROLE DISTANCE‚ AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY The creation of distance‚ of space‚ between the performer and performance‚ what Goffman calls Role Distance is one of the most important aspects of his conceptual framework. By noticing the importance of Role Distance Goffman is able to situate the concept of Identity within a single coherent structure. In this structure identity is not preconceived or presupposed but constructed. Identity becomes a product of the performance. Identity

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    In his work " The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life " the American sociologist Erving Goffman researches the structure and the peculiarities of interpersonal interactions. In the chapter “Belief in the Part One Is Playing” he proposed some of these core ideas. Goffman compares the interactions one has with oneself and the external world (other actors) with the theatre. He believes that each person plays a role in the interaction with his or her counterpart (also more than one possible). One practices

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    Erving Goffman was born on 11 June 1922 in Canada and died in Philadelphia on 19 November 1982. He was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. The most important books wrote by Goffman are: Asylums‚ Stigma‚ Encounters‚ Frame Analysis‚ Behavior in Public Spaces and Interaction Ritual. The book Asylums is divided into four essays: On the Characteristics of Total Institutions‚ The Moral Career of the Mental Patient‚ The Underlife of a Public Institution and the Medical Model and Mental Hospitalization

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    February 8‚ 2013 Impression Management The notion that we see ourselves as an object‚ as others see us‚ forms the basis for one of Goffman’s central concepts; impression management. Impression management refers to the verbal and nonverbal practices we employ in an attempt to present an acceptable image of our self to others. Some of the principal ways in which impressions are created and maintained are by the person’s demeanor‚ the deference‚ the front‚ the backstage‚ the character‚ and the

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    Goffman’s four traits of   total institutions S.Mahenthiran‚ N4 222767   Principles of Sociology 2013-1 Statement of authorship I certify that this dissertation is my own work and contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute‚ college or university. Moreover‚ to the best of my knowledge and belief‚ it contains no material previously published or written by another person‚ except where due reference is made in the text of

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    Dramaturgical model) A. The Dramaturgical Model 1. All the World’s a Stage 2. The Performance B. Impression Management 1. The Definition of the Situation 2. Expressions and Impressions 3. Front Stage‚ Back Stage 4. Accounts‚ Excuses‚ & Justifications 5. Self Enhancement and Ingratiation 6. Self Awareness‚ Self Monitoring and Self Disclosure A. The Dramaturgical Model Erving Goffman is probably one of the most important sociologists in relation to the self. His book--Presentation of Self--remains

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    Goffman fred’s lecture Dramatism and the work of Goffman In terms of critical policy there wasn’t a great deal until the begin of the 90s until manin and smith Dramatism is the framework associated with Goffman and Goffman began writing in the 1950 his first book “the presentation of self in everyday life” presented in 1959 and after that he was a kind of maverick out on his own‚ producing a string of books containing what many at the time described as convincing journalistic accounts of

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    Chapter 2 BACKGROUND LITERAURE 2.1 The concept of stigmatization The term stigma was identified in the work of Erving Goffman (1963) Stigma: Notes on the Management for Spoiled identity. Goffman (1963) states that stigma is a reflection of society’s attitude in relation to mental illness that is deeply discrediting leaving the individual in a point of social humiliation. It continues to make reflection upon the discrepancy between the individual’s virtual society identity‚ in reference to the characteristics

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    Gidden and Goffman literature review Giddens‚ A‚ 1991. ‘The self: Ontological security and the existential anxiety’ Chapter 2 from modernity and self identity. Self and society in the late modern age‚ Cambridge: Polity Press. And Goffman‚ E. 1959. ‘Performances’ chapter 1‚ from the presentation of self in everyday life. London: penguin. Identity in a sociological sense is more than individual genetics or individuality. Self identity is made up by many characteristics including; our personal

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