(Please note that there's also a sociologist called Irving Goffman). The link below should be of some help.
Irving J. Goffman has written: 'The burden of Canadian taxation'
Symbolic interactionism is a sociological theory created by Irving Goffman. The theory asserts that the world is a stage and we all play various roles.
Dramaturgy, pioneered by Erving Goffman
Irving Mordecai Zeitlin has written: 'Ideology and the development of sociological theory'
Mark Goffman's birth name is Mark A. Goffman.
The term for limited understanding is groupthink.
Gottfried Ephraim Lessing was to first to write a book on dramaturgy, 'Hamburgische dramaturgie'. It was the first book that describes the practice of dramaturgy in theatre.
Erving Goffman has written: 'Interaction ritual' -- subject(s): Addresses, essays, lectures, Social interaction 'Behavior in public places' 'Forms of talk' -- subject(s): Speech 'Asylums' -- subject(s): Asylums, Mentally ill, Psychiatric hospitals, Sociological aspects, Sociological aspects of Psychiatric hospitals 'Encounters' -- subject(s): Social distance, Social interaction 'Relations in public'
Erving Goffman
C. Goffman has written: 'First course in functional analysis'
Dramaturgy is important because it gives structure, context and meaning to a play. A dramaturg assists a director with artistic advice.
Dramaturgy can be used to shape interactions on an everyday level. By means of performance analysis and contextual frameworks dramaturgy allows us to understand, intervene and influence everyday actions on a micro and macro level.