explain and discuss Erving Goffman’s ‘dramaturgical approach’ to social interaction‚ and Judith Butler’s understandings of gender as performativity‚ using various academic sources. Both these two theorists view gender as a kind of performance. Performance as an explanation of the self or identity is an interactionist idea‚ which was first put forward by Erving Goffman
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receptionist is 27 year old Hispanic woman‚ she works at the doctor’s office from 8 am to 5 pm. She is acting in a professional manner‚ well maintained‚ dressed in scrubs with closed toe shoes. I would describe the receptionist as upper middle class social status. The receptionist sits at her front desk in the middle of the doctor’s office and greets all the patients. She is in charge of all the paper work‚ appointments‚ and all the patient’s charts. While analyzing the receptionist in her work environment
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Essay Question – Which is more important in shaping individual identity: social structure or social interaction? In the past the idea of identity was easily defined‚ people knew who they were as defined by their traditions and religion. Identities were shared and people existed as part of a community where identity was established and integrated in a natural order. However‚ as capitalism developed and modern societies rapidly changed‚ so did people’s view of themselves. Today people change their
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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 these
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Dramaturgical Perspective The dramaturgical perspective was developed primarily by Sociologist‚ Erving Goffman who recast the theatrical metaphor dramaturgy into a sociological term‚ meaning that social life is like a drama or stage play where intricacies of social interaction could be observed and analyzed‚ and people can perform in a manner that communicates how they would like others to perceive of them. Goffman stated that‚ “All actions are social performances that aim to give off and
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Dr Erving Goffman came up with the dramaturgical theory of society‚ which symbolized life interactions with theater terms. This theory used theater language to describe ways we interact to maintain social order. Goffman stated that life can be referred to as a play with morals. According to this theory‚ we all are actors/actresses; therefore‚ we must all have scripts‚ costumes‚ and sets. An essential to this theory is the difference between front stage and back stage. Of course‚ we all
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Goffman’s dramaturgical social theory is the idea that our daily interactions with each other are similar to a theater. We are “actors” trying to portray a certain impression they want their “audience” to believe. It is also clarified that in order to analysis these social actions‚ we must look at is as a team‚ not as individuals. His theory goes into deeper detail which explains how it is possible for people to establish these performances; which are: roles‚ scripts‚ costumes‚ and a stage. Firstly
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also a part of social interaction. People present themselves to society in a manner that they want others to accept as. This can be creditable or discreditable. Presentation of self it relates to dramaturgical perspective because people behave in a manner that society will seem as acceptable. We try to leave a certain impression on others‚ so they can perceive us that way. Goffman’s key assumptions regarding how we present ourselves in everyday life are about how we shape our interactions and how we
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Social Interaction and Social Structure SOCIAL INTERACTION is the‚ social action of two or more people taking each other into account in their action SOCIAL ACTION refers to those actions which people are conscious of doing because of other people. There are some studies about Social Interaction. Those are ETHNOMETHODOLOGY and DRAMATURGY. ETHNOMETHODOLOGY is the study of the norms governing social interaction‚ this approach normally involves purposely violating commonly understood
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The Presentation of Self (Goffman’s 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
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