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- Title
Erving Goffman's Las Vegas: From Jungle to Boardroom.
- Authors
Schwartz, David G.
- Abstract
The article discusses how sociologist Erving Goffman's theory offers a powerful tool for analyzing the contemporary process of globalization. Topics discussed include symbolic interactionism, levels of social reality, Goffman's famed ethnographic research as a casino dealer in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Goffman's dramaturgical model of social life as a system of strategic interactions.
- Subjects
GOFFMAN, Erving, 1922-1982; SYMBOLIC interactionism; COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL interaction; SOCIAL psychology
- Publication
UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
1531-0930
- Publication type
Article