Professional paper
A Qualitative Methodology in the Works of E. Goffman
Rajka Vukadinović
; Zagreb
Abstract
In the article the author shows the main epistemological and methodological aspects of E. Goffman as one of the authors who was using many different techniques of the qualitative methodology.
Using the examples from the book »The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life« a basic account of the »dramaturgical analysis« is given. On the other hand, the examples from the Goffman’s »Asylums« gives the main ideas of how to analyse the social behaviour in specific circumstances.
The author concludes her presentation of Goffman’s work showing the main framework of his »Encounters« emphasizing that Goffman's works showed that the horizons of sociological works could broaden when using qualitative methodology and when choosing atypical topics for investigations.
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155804
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Publication date:
31.12.1984.
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