Editors
Dmitri N. Shalin
Document Type
Interview
Publication Date
7-13-2009
Publication Title
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
First page number:
1
Last page number:
49
Abstract
This interview with Kurt Lang, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and Gladys Lang, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, was recorded over the phone on January 6, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Drs. Kurt Lang and Gladys Lang edited the transcript and gave their approval for 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; Sociologists; 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
Lang, K.,
Lang, G.
(2009).
Goffman Converted His Personal Neurosis or Inferiority Complex into a Very Productive and Creative Solution. In Dmitri N. Shalin,
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
1-49.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/goffman_archives/44