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Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience Paperback – May 30, 1986

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Erving Goffman will influence the thinking and perceptions of generations to come. In Frame Analysis, the brilliant theorist writes about the ways in which people determine their answers to the questions “What is going on here?” and “Under what circumstances do we think things are real?”

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“Frame Analysis is a rich, full, exceedingly complex book based on familiar data: clippings, cartoons, novels, vignettes from the cinema and legitimate stage. The argument rests on distinctions, on the one hand, between what is taken to be real from the perspective of the observer in any situation and actual occurrence and, on the other, between fabrication, internal and sometimes collusive misinterpretation of a situation by one person for another, and simple errors in framing and self-induced alterations.”—American Journal of Sociology

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Northeastern University Press; Later Reprint edition (May 30, 1986)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 600 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 093035091X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0930350918
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.49 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.52 x 1.45 x 8.22 inches

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Erving Goffman was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania until his death in 1982. He is recognized as one of the world's foremost social theorists and much of his work still remains in print. Among his classic books are The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life; Interaction Ritual; Stigma; Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity; and Frame Analysis. William B. Helmreich is a professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and City College. He has written Against All Odds, The Enduring Community, Saving Children, and The Things They Say Behind Your Back all available from Transaction.

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Goffman is a must read for any comm, soc, psych, anth, or mass media scholar. Here he outlines a conceptual definition of framing. On pp 10,11 he defines a frame as, "definitions of a situation are built up in accordance w principles of organization which govern events--at least social ones--and our subjective involvement in them; is the word I use to refer to such of these basic elements as I am able to identify." A little bit of a long read compared read compared to Presentation of Self nd Asylums.

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Goffman's book is primarily about how people understand the situations they find themselves; in his own words, the ways people face the question "What is it that is is going on here now?" Roughly, answering questions like this is what he calls "framing", and the answers "frames".

The way this topic is developed, however, is by an amazingly detailed discussion of example of incidents where people dramatically misunderstand the situations they find themselves in, either by mistake, or because they are induced into doing it by others who set out to con or fool them. One of the most fun things about this book is the sources of the examples. The most memorable are news clippings apt to be filed under "Odd News", with tales about con men, college activists, the royal family and such, which were obviously thrown into the paper for comic relief, and make the book enormous fun to grab and skim through just for the stories. Goffman's introduction goes as far to label his selection methodology, literally, as a mockery of representative sampling.

But there's a method here. The stories were newsworthy precisely because they were extraordinary ocurrences; and Goffman's approach is to iluminate normality by examining situations that depart dramatically from it. He develops a series of very technical concepts to analyse at great depth what's going on in these situations, the central ones being "frame", "keying", "fabrication". He applies these concepts to drama, conversation and deception, among other things.

The funniest thing about this book, however, is the contrast between Goffman's serious, academic tone and the silliness of a lot of the material he's covering. A contrast which one can tell he played up.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2006

Frame Analysis is Erving Goffman's major contribution to social theory, the crux of which concerns teasing out the relation(s) between social life and meaning through an empirical examination of the existent structure of experience in everyday life. Those seeking to discover the ways in which these structures were/are created will not find suitable answers to their queries, as Goffman makes no stated (or otherwise), attempt to address these issues here (note: for a more concrete analysis of such matters, I would suggest anything by the masterful Michel Foucault). The central thesis of Frame Analysis concerns `the definition of the situation' initially developed by W.I. Thomas; whose famous dictum, "If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences," has become a theoretical stable of the symbolic interactionists perspective. Goffman argues that those who reside within the `definition of the situation' more than likely did not create the `definition,' thus posits Goffman, warrants further inquiry into the matter.

Frame Analysis is very long, dense and at times a rather trying and difficult read. Goffman employs a plethora of concepts couched within a multitude of frames from which the reader or `student' can view the ever complex and complicated social world. The most distinctive concepts (and important in terms of this text) however include the `frame,' `primary framework,' `keying,' and `fabrications.' Goffman defines a `frame' as, a collectivity of `definitions of situations' that together govern social events and our subjective involvement in them. A `primary framework' then provides meaning to events that would otherwise be meaningless and consists of two classes, "natural and social." The "natural" class concerns frames that are "purely physical" (e.g. Goffman provides "the state of weather as given in a report" as an example). "Social frameworks" on the other hand provide a basis for understanding events that include agency, aim, will, and controlling effort of human intelligence.

`Keying' consists of an "openly admitted" transformation of untransformed activity and concerns a systematic reworking of something that is already meaningful within the primary framework, therefore enabling social actors to determine what it is that they think is really going on (e.g., Goffman lists the following as basic keys employed in our society, `make-believe,' `contests,' `ceremonials,' `technical redoings,' and `regroupings'). For instance, style (an example of a keying): consists of features of particular social actors who then through "the maintenance of expressive identifiably" systematically transform or modify a strip of activity. `Fabrications,' like keying, consists of a reworking of something that is already meaningful within the primary framework but unlike keying concerns the intentional effort of one or more persons to manage activity so that one or more individuals will garner a false belief about the definition of the situation. A "strip of activity" then is perceived by social actors in terms of the rules of a primary framework (social or natural) and that the perception of such activity provides a model for two basic transformations (keying and/or fabrication). These organizational premises then sustained in both activity and the mind of the actor, collectively comprising what Goffman calls the "frame of the activity."

The "frame of activity" contains the subjective aspects of social life whereby human actors constantly adjust their behavior based on the actions (and subsequent interpretations) given off by other actors. An empirical examination of meaningful activities taking place within the frame of activity as outlined by Goffman in his nearly six hundred page masterpiece allows us to then develop a very basic understanding of the social production of reality. This book is not recommended for the novice sociologist but is geared for the more serious student (e.g. those considering graduate school or those in already in graduate school). A more suitable `beginners' Goffman book might be The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959) which provides a less systematic (and theoretical) approach toward the mundane interaction in everyday life.

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

Blumer, Herbert. 1969. Symbolic Interactionism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Brissett, Dennis and Charles Edgle (eds). 1990. Life as Theater: A Dramaturgical Source Book. New York, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.

Goffman, Erving. 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York, NY:Doubleday Press.

Lofland, John (ed). 1978. Interaction in Everyday Life. Beverly Hills, CA: University of California Press.

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Great book, nice edition

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I purchased this book for my dissertation and really loved it (the book - dissertation was better with it, too).
It has a great introduction that allowed me to better understand Goffman's approach.
I had an impression that Erving Goffman was talking to me, with the abundance of footnotes to follow the author's thinking. Goffman acknowledges authors who influenced him and readily admits generalisations and unknowns in his concepts. His work, in turn, can be applied, reconsidered and developed in so many new ways.
I'd read several articles about Goffman's works, at first feeling lazy to read the original. Many of the articles and reviews were helpful but nothing compares with the original. The book inspired me beyond my dissertation, it offers an interesting perspective. Many examples in the book are from the 20th century but analogs of the events and situations can be found in our times.
Positive, bright yellow colour of the cover is cheerful. Cheerful is good (especially when writing dissertations).
The paperback format was lightweight, so I enjoyed carrying this book around ("Mum: How are you? I: Sitting in a cafe with Goffman. Mum: With Goffman whom?")
Overall, I'm happy to have this book at home and I recommend it to you.

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Sehr interessante soziologische Perspektive, auch für nicht-Soziologen ein sehr interessantes Buch, um den Alltag zu verstehen. Sehr witzige Beispiele zur Verdeutlichung der Theorie.

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Ouvrage de référence

Reviewed in France on December 9, 2016

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Ouvrage de référence dans le domaine de l'analyse conversationnelle, et la linguistique interactionnelle. Important de le lire dans sa langue d'origine.

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You could easily go though 100 pages without finding anything quotable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2016

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Beyond over rated. Many refer to this text positively without having read it. You could easily go though 100 pages without finding anything quotable.

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