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The social world is a stage, and our actions are symbols (part 2)

The social world is a stage, and our actions are symbols (part 2)

Ryan Schram

ANTH 1001: Introduction to anthropology

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 (Week 5)

Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/1001/2020/2.2.2

Required readings

Howard S. Becker “Becoming a Marihuana User,” The American Journal of Sociology 59, no. 3 (1953): 235–242.

Supplemental readings

Erving Goffman “Introduction,” in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, 1973), 1–16, http://books.google.com?id=032vnQEACAAJ.

References

Becker, Howard S. “Becoming a Marihuana User.” The American Journal of Sociology 59, no. 3 (1953): 235–242.

Goffman, Erving. “Introduction.” In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, 1–16. Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, 1973. http://books.google.com?id=032vnQEACAAJ.

A guide to the unit