Publications

Publication details [#3821]

Goffman, Erving. 1955. On face-work: An analysis of ritual elements in social interaction. Psychiatry 18 : 213–231.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cooperation | face maintenance | ritual

Annotation

On strategies of interaction involved in defensively saving one's own face and in protectively saving the other's face. A section on spoken interaction is included.

Reprints

Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson. 1972. In Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson, eds. Communication in face to face interaction: Selected readings. Penguin. pp. 319–346.