The Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies

This book explores the fertility and enigma of Erving Goffman’s sociological reasoning and its capacity to shed fresh light on the fundamental features of human sociality. Thematically arranged, it brings together the work of leading scholars of Goffman’s work to explore the concepts and themes that define Goffman’s analytical preoccupations, examining the ways these ideas have shaped significant fields of study and situating Goffman’s sociology in comparison to some eminent thinkers often linked with his name. Through a series of chapters informed by the same inventive and imaginative spirit characteristic of Goffman’s sociology,the bookpresents fresh perspectives on his contribution to the field and reveals the value of his thought for a variety of disciplines now increasingly aware of the importance of Goffman’s sociology to a range of social phenomena. A fresh perspective on the legacy of one of sociology’s most important figures, The Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in interactionist and micro-sociological perspectives.

Preface and acknowledgements Contributors Introduction The persisting presence of Erving Goffman Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Greg Smith PART I CONCEPTS AND THEMES Chapter 1 Dramaturgy Charles Edgley Chapter 2 Self-presentation - Impression management in a the digital age David Shulman Chapter 3 Ritual Greg Smith Chapter 4 Stigma Stacey Hannem Chapter 5 Total institutions Mikaela Sundberg Chapter 6 Moral career Susie Scott and James Hardie-Bick Chapter 7 Face-work Jim O’Driscoll Chapter 8 Interaction in public places Robin James Smith Chapter 9 Strategic interaction Gary D. Jaworski Chapter 10 Frame analysis Anders Persson Chapter 11 Re-framing ‘footing’ Jack Sidnell Chapter 12 The interaction order M. Michael Rosenberg PART II FIELDS AND STUDIES Chapter 13 Goffman and the emotions - Timely reflections on Erving Goffman as ‘emotion theorist’ Michael Hviid Jacobsen Chapter 14 Goffman and medical sociology Lee F. Monaghan Chapter 15 Goffman and communication Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz and Yves Winkin Chapter 16 The reception of Goffman’s work in media studies Peter Lunt Chapter 17 About ‘face’ - Reconsidering Goffman’s theory of face-work for digital culture Michael James Walsh Chapter 18 Goffman and sociolinguistics Csilla Weninger and J. Patrick Williams Chapter 19 Goffman and the sociology of the body Nick Crossley Chapter 20 A primal scene - Disability in everyday life Devon Healey and Tanya Titchkosky Chapter 21 Goffman and visual studies Michael L. Schwalbe Chapter 22 Goffman and gender studies Chris Brickell Chapter 23 Goffman and gambling studies Søren Kristiansen Chapter 24 Mobilities studies - Goffman on the move Ole B. Jensen Chapter 25 Goffman on police work - A pragmatic dance in action Peter K. Manning Chapter 26 Erving Goffman and the sociology of death and dying Michael Hviid Jacobsen PART III COMPARISONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND ASIDES Chapter 27 Goffman and Elias - Between deception and embarrassment Helmut Kuzmics Chapter 28 Goffman and Garfinkel - Sociologists of the ‘information order’ Andrew P. Carlin Chapter 29 Goffman and Foucault - Framing the micro-physics of power Robert S. Leib Chapter 30 Goffman and Giddens - Discovering a systematic theorist John Scott Chapter 31 Ordering Goffman’s oeuvre - Two addenda Greg Smith Chapter 32 Goffman and fieldwork - Mottke, the thief Sam Hillyard Chapter 33 Nothing funny about that! - Erving Goffman and the (un)humorousness of everyday life Ryan Mack and Gary Alan Fine Chapter 34 Learning from Goffman - Toward a concept-driven transcontextual sociology Eviatar Zerubavel Chapter 35 Goffman’s footnotes - Excavating Erving Goffman’s revealing asides Michael Hviid Jacobsen Index

Michael Hviid Jacobsen is Professor of Sociology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the editor of The Poetics of Crime; Nostalgia Now; Postmortal Society; and Critical and Cultural Interactionism; and co-editor of The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman; Encountering the Everyday; The Transformation of Modernity; Utopia: Social Theory and the Future; Liquid Criminology; Imaginative Methodologies: The Poetic Imagination in the Social Sciences; Towards a Criminology of Emotions; and Exploring Grief: Towards and Sociology of Sorrow. Greg Smith is Professor of Sociology at the University of Salford, UK. He is the author of Erving Goffman and the co-author of Sociologies of Interaction.