Goffman Was Always Ready to Explain, and He Did That without Condescension, with Patience, and with Grace

Authors

Richard Daniels

Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

5-31-2009

Publication Title

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

First page number:

1

Last page number:

17

Abstract

This conversation with Richard Daniels, retired hospital administrator, was recorded over the phone on May 31, 2009. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.

Keywords

Goffman; Erving; Interviews; Social interaction; Symbolic interactionism

Disciplines

Politics and Social Change | Social Psychology and Interaction | Sociology

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives, ed. by Dmitri N. Shalin (UNLV: CDC Publications, 2009).

Repository Citation

Daniels, R. (2009). Goffman Was Always Ready to Explain, and He Did That without Condescension, with Patience, and with Grace. In Dmitri N. Shalin, Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives 1-17.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/goffman_archives/15