Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior
Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior is a 1967 book by Erving Goffman.[1][2][3][4][5]
Goffman's Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior is a collection of six essays. The first four were originally published in the 1950s, the fifth in 1964, and the last was written for the collection. They include "On Face-work" (1955); "The Nature of Deference and Demeanor" (1956); "Embarrassment and Social Organization" (1956); "Alienation from Interaction" (1957); "Mental Symptoms and Public Order" (1964); and "Where the Action Is".[6]
The first essay, "On Face-work", discusses the concept of
interaction is neither inherent in nor a permanent aspect of the person".[6] Once someone offers a positive self-image of him- or herself to others, they feel a need to maintain and live up to that image. Inconsistency in how a person projects him- or herself in society risks embarrassment and discredit. So people remain guarded to ensure that they do not show themselves to others in an unfavorable light.[6]
References
- JSTOR 2091926.
- doi:10.1086/224800.
- doi:10.1086/224921.
- ProQuest 1291019823.
- ISBN 978-3-476-05870-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7425-1977-0.
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