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Publication details [#3822]

Goffman, Erving. 1957. Alienation from interaction. Human Relations 10 : 47–60.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

alienation | conversation | involvement

Annotation

With reference to conjoint spontaneous involvement in social encounters of the conversational type, G. discusses how such involvement can fail to occur and the consequences of this failure.

Reprints

Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson. 1972. In Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson, eds. Communication in face to face interaction: Selected readings. Penguin. pp. 347–363.