The Politics of Presentation: Goffman and Total Institutions

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  • Howard S. Becker
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Erving Goffman's essay, "On the Characteristics of Total Institutions," is classic example of the relation between methods of presenting research and scholarship and to their political content, which is to never simple and direct. This assay analyzes the politica of the presentation in Goffman.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007