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Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982), a Canadian-born sociologist and writer, was considered "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century".〔 In 2007 he was listed by ''The Times Higher Education Guide'' as the sixth most-cited author in the humanities and social sciences, behind Anthony Giddens and ahead of Jürgen Habermas.〔 Goffman was the 73rd president of the American Sociological Association. His best-known contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction. This took the form of dramaturgical analysis, beginning with his 1959 book, ''The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life''. Goffman's other major works include ''Asylums'' (1961), ''Stigma'' (1963), ''Interaction Ritual'' (1967), ''Frame Analysis'' (1974), and ''Forms of Talk'' (1981). His major areas of study included the sociology of everyday life, social interaction, the social construction of self, social organization (framing) of experience, and particular elements of social life such as total institutions and stigmas. ==Life== Goffman was born 11 June 1922, in Mannville, Alberta, Canada, to Max Goffman and Anne Goffman, née Averbach.〔〔 He was from a family of Ukrainian Jews who had emigrated to Canada at the turn of the century.〔 He had an older sibling, Frances Bay, who became an actress.〔〔 The family moved to Dauphin, Manitoba, where his father operated a successful tailoring business.〔〔 From 1937 Goffman attended St. John's Technical High School in Winnipeg, where his family had moved that year. In 1939 he enrolled at the University of Manitoba, majoring in chemistry.〔〔 He interrupted his studies and moved to Ottawa to work in the film industry for the National Film Board of Canada, established by John Grierson.〔 Later he developed an interest in sociology. Also during this time, he met the renowned North American sociologist, Dennis Wrong.〔 Their meeting motivated Goffman to leave the University of Manitoba and enroll at the University of Toronto, where he studied under C. W. M. Hart and Ray Birdwhistell, graduating in 1945 with a BA in sociology and anthropology.〔 Later he moved to the University of Chicago, where he received an MA (1949) and PhD (1953) in sociology.〔〔 For his doctoral dissertation, from December 1949 to May 1951 he lived and collected ethnographic data on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands.〔 In 1952 Goffman married Angelica Choate; in 1953, their son Thomas was born. Angelica suffered from mental illness and committed suicide in 1964.〔 Outside his academic career, Goffman was known for his interest, and relative success, in the stock market and in gambling. At one point, in pursuit of his hobbies and ethnographic studies, he became a pit boss at a Las Vegas casino.〔〔 In 1981 Goffman married sociolinguist Gillian Sankoff. The following year, their daughter Alice was born.〔 In 1982 Goffman died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 19 November, of stomach cancer.〔〔〔 Their daughter, Alice Goffman, is also a sociologist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erving Goffman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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