Goffman (disambiguation)

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Erving Goffman (1922–1982) was a Canadian sociologist

Erving Goffman was a Canadian-American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century". In 2007 he was listed by The Times Higher Education Guide as the sixth most-cited author in the humanities and social sciences, behind Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, and ahead of Jürgen Habermas.

Goffman may also refer to:

Alice Goffman, American sociologist (and daughter of Erving Goffman)
Andrew Goffman, American actor and author
Barb Goffman, American mystery short-story writer
Casper Goffman, American mathematician
Daniel Goffman, American historian and author
Irwin William Goffman, American sociologist
Ken Goffman (R. U. Sirius), American writer, musician and cyberculture celebrity
Lindsay Goffman, American film and television production company executive with 3AD
Mark Goffman, American television writer and producer
Frances Goffman Bay, Canadian American character actress (and sister of Erving Goffman)
John William Gofman, American scientist and Chair, Committee for Nuclear Responsibility
William Goffman, American mathematical information scientist

Alice Goffman is an American sociologist, urban ethnographer, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Pomona College.

Andrew Goffman is an American actor, stand-up comic, and author/performer of the Off-Broadway one man show The Accidental Pervert.

R. U. Sirius is an American writer, editor, talk show host, musician and cyberculture celebrity. He is best known as co-founder and original editor-in-chief of Mondo 2000 magazine from 1989 to 1993. Before that he founded and edited the magazines High Frontiers and Reality Hackers. Sirius was chairman and candidate in the 2000 U.S. presidential election for the Revolution Party. The party's 20-point platform was a hybrid of libertarianism and liberalism.

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Identity management theory is an intercultural communication theory from the 1990s. It was developed by William R. Cupach and Tadasu Todd Imahori on the basis of Erving Goffman's Interaction ritual: Essays on face-to-face behavior (1967). Cupach and Imahori distinguish between intercultural communication and intracultural communication.

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