@article{706839,
      author = {Goffman, Erving.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/706839},
      title = {The presentation of self in everyday life.},
      publisher = {Overlook Press},
      abstract = {The key work of one of the most influential sociologists  of the twentieth century. Erving Goffman deals with human  interaction in social situations using the metaphor of the  stage. Role-playing is now recognized as not merely the  province of the performer and the maladjusted neurotic, but  as an integral and necessary function of daily living.  Social techniques of self-presentation are illuminated by  examples taken from detailed research and observation of  social customs in many regions and a variety of  occupational levels. One of the most interesting aspects of  this study is its revelation of the many roles that must be  assumed by everyone engaged in even the simplest  life-situations. In the course of any day one may easily  play a half-dozen parts: with the boss, with  fellow-workers, with friends, with one's spouse, and so on.  Dr. Goffman's analogy details how "acting" techniques are  used in the most common everyday circumstances; it bares  the mainsprings of manipulation that keep society  moving.--From publisher description.},
      recid = {706839},
      pages = {xii, 259 pages},
      address = {Woodstock, N.Y.,},
      year = {1973},
}