Erving Goffman: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory

By Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz and Yves Winkin

Book Overview

In addition to summarizing Goffman's major concepts and his influence on other scholars, the book includes an intellectual biography, explication of his methods, and an example of how to extend his ideas. Readers are invited to consider Goffman as a lens through which to view much of the pattern evident in the social world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433109948
• ISBN13: 9781433109942
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"