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When Erving Goffman Was A Boy, Sherri Cavan
When Erving Goffman Was A Boy, Sherri Cavan
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Like creating a mosaic, the bits and pieces of Erving Goffman’s life yield a picture of a complex man who lived in troubled times and through his writings changed the way whole generations saw the world. Looking at that life I chose to focus on his boyhood, from childhood through adolescence. My purpose is here descriptive, an ethnography of a childhood recounting events of Goffman’s early life and placing them in their social, historical and cultural context. That done, I will have a few words to say about the themes that I see in this narrative as well as some …
A Glimpse Of Goffman, Lester R. Kurtz
A Glimpse Of Goffman, Lester R. Kurtz
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. Lester R. Kurtz, Professor of George Mason University, wrote this memoir at the request of Dmitri Shalin and gave his permission to post the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Dennis Wrong About Erving Goffman Entitled "Bobby Adamson Said, “Pooky Is A Genius, And As Soon As He Starts Writing His Own Stuff It Will Be Recognized”", Dennis Wrong
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Dr. Dennis Wrong, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at New York University, was recorded over the phone on December 10 and 12, 2010. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dennis Wrong edited the transcripts and approved posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Dr. Wrong also sent in a three page handwritten memoir. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.