Dmitri Shalin Interview with Jane Allyn Piliavin about Erving Goffman entitled "Toward the End of the Party Erving Said to My Husband, “Why Are All These Smart People Doing Such Stupid Things?”"

Authors

Jane Allyn Piliavin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

2-15-2010

Publication Title

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

First page number:

1

Last page number:

43

Abstract

This conversation with Dr. Jane Allyn Piliavin, Conway-Bascom Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recorded over the phone on December 29, 2009. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Piliavin edited the transcript and approved posting the present version on the web. 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

Permissions

After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Piliavin edited the transcript and approved posting the present version on the web.

Publisher Citation

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

Repository Citation

Piliavin, J. A. (2010). Dmitri Shalin Interview with Jane Allyn Piliavin about Erving Goffman entitled "Toward the End of the Party Erving Said to My Husband, “Why Are All These Smart People Doing Such Stupid Things?”". In Dmitri N. Shalin, Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives 1-43.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/goffman_archives/53