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The 15 pages that link to Erving Goffman, each with the reason it gives.

• MedicalizationRelated: His analysis of stigma helps explain the social effects of medical labels.

• Framing (social sciences)Related: His account of frames in everyday life became a major foundation for social-science framing.

• Stigma of mental illnessRelated: His 1963 book framed stigma as a relationship between social identity and discrediting attributes.

• ShameRelated: His analysis of face and stigma illuminates shame’s social setting.

• Media framingRelated: His account of interpretive frames helped establish the concept later applied to communication.

• Social roleRelated: His dramaturgical approach shows how people perform roles in encounters.

• Impression managementRelated: His work established a durable framework for understanding impression management in face-to-face life.

• CourtshipRelated: His framework helps explain how people present themselves during courtship.

• Conversation analysisRelated: His account of interaction provided a sociological backdrop for studying encounters as organized events.

• Social stigmaRelated: His book Stigma established a durable framework for analyzing discredited identities.

• Politeness theoryRelated: His account of face supplied a foundation for later linguistic theories of politeness.

• Anthony GiddensRelated: Goffman’s close attention to everyday interaction complements Giddens’s account of routine social practices.

• George Herbert MeadRelated: Goffman’s interactional sociology developed a neighboring account of how selves appear in social settings.

• Small talkRelated: His account of social performance explains the tact and mutual consideration common in casual encounters.

• Face (social interaction)Related: Goffman introduced face as an interactional image sustained through others’ responses.