Author Description

'the Contemporary Goffman' Highlights The Continued Relevance Of Goffman To Sociology And Related Disciplines - To Theoretical Discussions As Well As To Substantive Empirical Research - Through Contributions Dealing With A Variety Of Topics And Themes. Goffman Through The Looking Glass: From 'classical' To Contemporary Goffman / Michael Hviid Jacobsen -- Goffman's Greenings / Yves Winkin -- Labelling Goffman: The Presentation And Appropriation Of Erving Goffman In Academic Life / Michael Hviid Jacobsen And Søren Kristiansen -- Continuities In Goffman: The Interaction Order / Peter K. Manning -- Goffman's Textuality: Literary Sensibilities And Sociological Rhetorics / Greg Smith And Michael Hviid Jacobsen -- Goffman, Still: Spoiled Identities And Sociological Irony / Charles Lemert -- Reconsidering Gender Advertisements: Performativity, Framing And Display / Greg Smith -- New Goffman: Robert W. Fuller's Politics Of Dignity / Thomas J. Scheff -- Recognition As Rituialised Reciprocation: The Interaction Order As A Realm Of Recognition / Michael Hviid Jacobsen -- Protean Goffman: Erving Goffman And The New Individualism / Ann Branaman -- 21st-century Interaction Order / Richard Jenkins -- 'unboothed' Phone: Goffman And The Use Of Mobile Communication / Rich Ling -- Question Of Calculation: Erving Goffman And The Pervasive Planning Of Communication / Espen Ytreberg -- Goffman And The Tourist Gaze: A Performative Perspective On Tourism Mobilities / Jonas Larsen -- Erving Goffman And Everyday Life Mobility / Ole B. Jensen -- Close Strangers: Patient-patient Interaction Rituals In Acute Care Hospitals / Dag Album. Edited By Michael Hviid Jacobsen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.