Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life Essay

Erving Goffman was born the 11th of June 1922, and died the 19th of November 1982. Erving Goffman was a Canadian-American sociologist with a thorough knowledge in human behavior, who was first to present the dramaturgical perspective, in the book he wrote in 1956 named The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Erving Goffman released several major works, such as Asylums (1961), Stigma (1963) and Interaction Ritual (1967). [1] These books were all about Erving Goffman’s studies on sociology of everyday life, and social interactions between people. A field of study that he had mastered and became tremendously appraised for. His most popular work however, were always his first, which was The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. In this book, Erving Goffman certainly succeeded in explaining how and why us humans act the way we do, in a way that people could understand and accept, because a great …show more content…
The front stage is where the actor performs formally, trying his best to look and act a certain way for the audience, to make them observe the actor in the way he wishes them to observe him. And then there is the back stage, where no one, or only the actor’s closest friends/family, sees him. In this stage, the actor can truly be himself, without the worry of anyone observing and judging his character from his actions and appearance. [2] To truly understand what Erving Goffman’s studies mean, Lars Nicholaisen, a self-proclaimed expert in Erving Goffman’s work, has answered several questions concerning Erving Goffman’s ideals of how society affects the individual person, and how Lars Nicholaisen himself has and is being affected by his surroundings. Lars is currently studying on his second year on Odense Tekniske Gymnasium, which is the equivalent of 11th or 12th grade, or the second year of secondary school, in the United States of