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The "Shirt-Weenie": A Note on Teaching the Power of Face-Work and Tact in Social Interaction
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Sharp, Shane; Kordsmeier, Gregory T. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
Erving Goffman is one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century. Popular textbooks in sociology (e.g., Giddens, Duneier, and Appelbaum 2005; Macionis 2007) and social psychology (e.g., Aronson, Wilson, and Akert 2006; Cahill 2007; DeLamater and Myers 2007) devote large sections and entire chapters to Goffman's ideas concerning the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Social Status, Self Concept, Interaction