Dramaturgy

On Friday October 20, I decided that it would be the perfect opportunity to observe a group of my friends. I chose this group because I have known them for a number of years now, and I have never allowed myself the opportunity to truly observe them, and I felt this would be a perfectly fascinating opportunity to examine them from a pure sociological perspective. I have enjoyed their company, and who they all are, but I thought it would be interesting to see how our group functions and tends to interact

Erving Goffman introduced the sociological theory of Dramaturgy in his book The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. According to Goffman, life is like a theatrical performance, and states how we present ourselves in everyday life is similar to as stage. Similarly, Peter Manning applies dramaturgical sociology to understand how police organization functions. Manning describes policing as a backstage drama containing secrecy, teamwork, lies and information control are essential for a successful

Learning about dramaturgy and the idea of maintaining self is very important to social interactions. Erving Goffman’s theoretical concepts that make up dramaturgy can be seen in many social settings especial at Starbucks. By using the different tools that make up impression management I can see how we are very much like actors in a play that are trying to maintain a believable performance. The people who make drinks at Starbucks are called baristas. They are to maintain the performance and act a

Dramaturgy is often referred to as being a very ‘slippery’ and indefinable word; though there are standard definitions available for us to find, we cannot seem to comprehend these definitions without exceptions arising. For example, the online Oxford English Dictionary defines dramaturgy as either being a ‘dramatic composition; the dramatic art’ or as ‘dramatic or theatrical acting.’ However, words such as ‘composition’ can be highly vague, leaving itself open to broad interpretations and debates

sociologist who had a great influence on the development of modern American sociology. Goffman was most well-known for his work on Dramaturgy; some elements may include performance, impression management, sign vehicles and sign activity, and many more. One of the great works by Goffman was his book the presentation of self in everyday life. The first element of Dramaturgy is performance. A performance is any activity of an individual which occurs during a period marked by his continuous presence before

Learning Exercise #2 - “Dramaturgy in Action” (associated with Module #4) Since it's summer we don’t usually use an alarm. Since no one is really working summer is the family vacation season. We wake up whenever we like. The school year is always intense since everyone will be running into each other in order to get to work. I wake up in the morning slowly craw out of bed so that my baby does not wake up before I can get my morning routine. He always ends up in our bed in the middle of the night

Goffman was the first to introduce the topic of dramaturgy in his work. Dramaturgy is his idea that life is a play. The people are actors and the every day world around us is our stage. (1959, p.13) He uses the image of a theatre performance to express the behaviour of people in everyday social interactions. Although not always aware of it, every individual in a social situation is assigned a role in the performance. Every individual obtains a role in social interaction and the audience observes

The concept illustration that I have chosen is a YouTube video titled “Dramaturgy: Dramaturgical Analysis.” This video gives an accurate presentation on what exactly Dramaturgy is. It first begins explaining what the meaning of front stage self is. The video gives good examples of how we act in every day life. The first illustration it provides to us is of Maggie and Mike. Mike is Maggie’s new boyfriend. Mike is in a band, has tattoos, and belches. He isn’t exactly someone you would take home to

always been more observant of how people interact and what motivates people. This class has taught me much about why people do the things they do and expanded my knowledge of how people interact and express themselves. Erving Goffman’s concept of dramaturgy explains human interaction so well: “the self is essentially ‘on loan’ to us from society; it is created through interaction with others and hence ever changing within various social contexts. For example, you may want to make

Dramaturgy is a concept developed by Erving Goffman who uses the metaphor of a theatrical production in order to understand social interactions in everyday life; also known as dramaturgical theory. This metaphor demonstrates dramaturgy as a real life play in which people are the actors/actresses. There are three logics to this concept: the indivudial shows us what they want us to know, impression management and particular features of face-to-face encounters bring order to interactions (Allan, 62)