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In his classic book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Goffman suggests that in our daily lives we are like characters in a play: We take on roles and present a front. Accordingly, what we say and do during a social interaction is like a script. Goffman says that it is easier to stay in character than to react authentically. When we act
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The Difference Between Front Stage and Back Stage Behavior
thoughtco.comErving Goffman distinguishes, in his work on stigma (Goffman, 1968), between three forms of identity: personal identity (the unique characteristics of the person, both in themselves
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Put simply, in order to be someone, we need someone to be someone for. Our personalities develop as a role we perform for other people, fulfilling the expectations we think they have of us.
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livro A representação do eu na vida cotidiana talvez seja o mais importante do sociólogo Erving Goffman.
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