ISBN:
9781351508681
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (483 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Edgley, Charles Life as Theater : A Dramaturgical Sourcebook
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Drama - Social aspects
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- AldineTransaction Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I THE DRAMATURGICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Dramaturgical Awareness -- The Relation Between the Dramaturgical Principle and Dramaturgical Awareness -- The Drama of Self -- The Performative and Transformational Nature of the Self -- Critiques of Dramaturgy -- Dramaturgy as a Pedestrian, Nonsystematic Form of Inquiry -- Life is Not Really Theater -- The Legacy of Goffman -- PART II SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AS DRAMA -- 1. Sociological Perspectives-Society as Drama -- 2. Concept and Method in the Study of Human Development -- Notes -- 3. Life as Theater: Some Notes on the Dramaturgic Approach to Social Reality -- I -- II -- Ill -- Notes -- 4. Role Taking: Process versus Conformity -- Basic Elements in Role-Taking -- The Role-Making Process -- "Self-Roles" and "Other-Roles" -- Roles as Meaningful Groupings of Behavior -- Roles in Organization and Culture -- The Framework of Role Differentiation -- The Nature of Role Interaction -- Dynamics of Self and Other -- The Normative Component of Role-Taking -- Summary and Implications -- References -- 5. Role Distance -- Role Distance and Serious Activity -- Surgery as an Activity System -- Notes -- PART III THE DRAMATURGICAL SELF -- 6. The Self as a Locus of Linguistic Causality -- The Fictional Nature of Human Meaning: A Review -- Notes -- 7. The Presentation of Self -- Notes -- 8. Appearance and the Self: A Slightly Revised Version -- Identity -- Qualifications of Identity: Value and Mood -- Activations of Identity: Attitude -- Appearance and the Self -- Appearance and the Early Emergence of the Self -- Preplay, Investiture, and the Ubiquitous Mother -- Play, Costume, and Dressing Out -- The Game, the Uniform, and Dressing In -- Later Socializations -- Summary -- Notes
Abstract:
References -- 9. Staging One's Ideal Self -- Notes -- 10. The Presentation of Self and the New Institutional Inmate: An Analysis of Prisoners' Responses to Assessment for Release -- Total Institutions and Dramaturgy -- The Assessment of Character at Maison Tanguay -- "Showing Them Who You Are": The Techniques of Convincing Self-Portrayal -- "Showing Them Who You Are": The Biography -- "Conning and Manipulating": The Rhetoric of Resistance -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- PART IV MOTIVATION AND DRAMA -- 11. Situated Actions and Vocabularies of Motive -- Notes -- 12. Accounts -- Types of Accounts -- Honoring Accounts, and Background Expectations -- Linguistic Styles and Accounts -- Strategies for Avoiding Accounts -- Negotiating Identities and Accounts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 13. Remedial Work -- Notes -- 14. The Reasons Considered -- Notes -- 15. Convicted Rapists' Vocabulary of Motive: Excuses and Justifications -- Methods and Validity -- Justifying Rape -- 1. Women as Seductresses -- 2. Women Mean " YES " When They Say "NO" -- 3. Most Women Eventually Relax and Enjoy It -- 4. Nice Girls Don't Get Raped -- 5. Only a Minor Wrongdoing -- Excusing Rape -- 1. The Use of Alcohol and Drugs -- 2. Emotional Problems -- 3. Nice Guy Image -- Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- PART V ORGANIZATIONAL DRAMAS -- 16. Death as Theater: A Dramaturgical Analysis of the American Funeral -- Introduction -- The Performative Nature of Funeral Directing -- Role-Distance: The Sacred and the Profane -- Backstage Regions: Preparation and Rehearsal -- The Backstage Setting -- The Rhetoric of Backstage Regions -- Frontstage Performances: Bringing Off the Show -- Controlling the Situation: The Cast of Characters -- The funeral Home as Theater and Stage -- Establishing the Mood
Abstract:
Frontstage Rhetoric and the Denial of Death -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 17. False Pretense and Deviant Exploitation: Fortunetelling as a Con -- Introduction -- Methods -- The Routines of False Pretense -- Gleaning in the Outer Office -- Sizing Up the Client -- Convincing the Client -- Casing the Trouble -- Demonstrating the Troubles -- Holding the Client Down -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 18. To Be A Mediator: Expressive Tactics in Mediation -- Dramaturgical Analysis and Mediation -- Managing Mediator Impressions -- Impressions of Expertise -- Impressions of Legitimacy -- Conclusion: Impressionistic Bases of Authority -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 19. Dramatism and the Theatrical Metaphor -- Dramatism -- Theater as Mystification and Demystification -- A Dramatistic Case Study: The Beagle of the Heseltines -- Analysis -- Demystification: A Drama of Consultancy -- Research Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- PART VI POLITICAL DRAMAS -- 20. Propaganda with Design: Environmental Dramaturgy in the Political Rally -- Social Nature of the Political Rally -- Defining the Stage -- Symbolic Manipulation of the Stage -- Stage Design Coordination -- Behind the Stage -- Designer Responsibility -- Notes -- 21. The Presidency and Impression Management -- Introduction -- Presidents, Problems, Power, and Impression Management -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 22. The Phenomenon of the Public Wife: An Exercise in Goffman's Impression Management -- Leader Self-Presentation in Political Sociodrama -- The Wife as Mrs. Morality -- The Wife and Dramaturgical Loyalty -- The Wife and Dramaturgical Discipline -- The Wife and Dramaturgical Circumspection -- Discussion and Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 23. Dramaturgy and Political Mystification: Political Life in the United States -- A Critical Dramaturgy of Politics
Abstract:
The False Politics of the Capitalist State -- The False Politics of the Political Debate -- The Cults of Corrupt Personality -- The False Politics of Bureaucratic Self-Criticism -- The False Politics of Patriotism -- Demystification and the Prospects for an Authentic Politics -- References -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Notes -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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