<P> The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a 1956 sociology book by Erving Goffman , in which Goffman uses the imagery of the theatre in order to portray the importance of human social interaction . Originally published in Scotland in 1956 and in the United States in 1959 , it is Goffman 's first and most famous book , for which he received the American Sociological Association 's MacIver award in 1961 . </P>
<P> The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a 1956 sociology book by Erving Goffman , in which Goffman uses the imagery of the theatre in order to portray the importance of human social interaction . Originally published in Scotland in 1956 and in the United States in 1959 , it is Goffman 's first and most famous book , for which he received the American Sociological Association 's MacIver award in 1961 . </P>
when did erving goffman write the presentation of self in everyday life
when did erving goffman write the presentation of self in everyday life
1956
1956