Goffman Turns to Me and Says, “Only a Schmuck Studies His Own Life”

Authors

Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University

Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

8-21-2009

Publication Title

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

First page number:

1

Last page number:

14

Abstract

This conversation with Gary Alan Fine, John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, was recorded over the phone on August 21, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Fine edited the transcript and approved posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. 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

Fine, G. A. (2009). Goffman Turns to Me and Says, “Only a Schmuck Studies His Own Life”. In Dmitri N. Shalin, Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives 1-14.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/goffman_archives/20