Erving Goffman’s Dramaturgical Approach/Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Erving Goffman’s Dramaturgical Approach/Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (include his analysis of team work) (Garner & Hancock, pp. 340-349/Lecture Notes)
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Answer previewIn Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, he introduces the idea of team performances which need the coming together of numerous actors (Garner & Hancock, 2014 p.550). The central argument he presents is that performers should strive to initiate a collaborative working consensus for a performance to be played out effectively, without which no meaningful work can be done. Whenever individuals come together to perform an activity, and each person is left to their device, chaos and disorder result. Goffman’s use of the term teams emphasizes the known fact that individuals unite and do not merely act for their individual selves. Some of the aspects of team performance outlined by Goffman include the following(514words)