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  • Reading: 
    •Goffman, E. (1963). Introductory definitions, pp. 13-30. In Goffman, E., Behaviour in public places. New York, The Free Press.
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    Goffman, E. (2007) [1963]. Embodied information in face-to-face interaction, pp. 82-86. In Fraser, M., Greco, M., The body: A reader. Routledge, Oxon, New York.
    Guiding questions
    ­•What kind of interactions are at stake?
    ­•What are crucial communication conditions for face-to-face interaction?
    •What is the difference between embodied and disembodied message?
    •In what ways is the communication under study mutual?
    •What makes people accessible?
    •What is the normative public regulation?
    •How and why are people disciplining their bodies?
    Discussion questions
    ­•What is the relationship between the individual (body) and society according to Goffman?
    ­•How is Goffman‘ s approach different from the approach of Douglas and Mauss?
    ­•How and why is the body disciplined? What does the absence of this discipline mean?
    ­•Can you think about more examples of this theory application?
    •In relation to gender, beauty, eating, illness, health, sexual behavior, death?

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