Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In what the General Practitioner called 'this intelligent, searching work' the author of Stigma and Asylums shows us exactly how people use such 'fixed props' as houses, clothes, and job-situations; how they combine in teams resembling secret societies; and how they adopt discrepant roles and communicate out of character. Professor Goffman takes us 'backstage' too, into the regions where people both prepare their images and relax from them; and he demonstrates in painful detail what can happen when a performance falls flat. Book jacket.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. 9)
• Acknowledgements (p. 11)
• Introduction (p. 13)
• 1 Performances (p. 28)
• 2 Teams (p. 83)
• 3 Regions and Region Behaviour (p. 109)
• 4 Discrepant Roles (p. 141)
• 5 Communication out of Character (p. 166)
• 6 The Arts of Impression Management (p. 203)
• 7 Conclusion (p. 231)
• Index (p. 249)