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On face-work; an analysis of ritual elements in social interaction.

Erving Goffman
- 01 Aug 1955 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 3, pp 213-231
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This article is published in Psychiatry MMC.The article was published on 1955-08-01. It has received 2287 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social relation & Personality disorders.

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Length of residence and intensity of interaction: modification in greek l2 requests

TL;DR: In this article, the external and internal modification devices used by native speakers and advanced learners of Greek, when making requests in formal and informal situations, were investigated and it was argued that learners with more opportunities for interaction approximate more closely to the native norm with respect to external modification and some aspects of internal modification of requests.
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Dignity work in dementia care : Sketching a microethical analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on issues of dignity in dementia care, in situations where staff members handle potential or actual conflicts and interaction problems between residents, based on empirica.
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Multiple voices in the maker movement : a nexus analytic literature review on children, education and making

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Livelihoods of theory: The case of Goffman’s early theory of the self:

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce an understanding of theory as vivacious and biographically complex, and explore how a theory travels, is taken up in different times and places, and changes.
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Sharing Oral History With Arctic Indigenous Communities: Ethical Implications of Bringing Back Research Results:

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of an Arctic community in Russian Lapland dealing with boarding school experiences is presented, and the ethical implications of sharing results in oral history research are discussed.