When Erving Was an Infant My Mother Nursed Us Both So We Were Bosom Buddies

Authors

Esther Besbris

Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

4-11-2010

Publication Title

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

First page number:

1

Last page number:

52

Abstract

This conversation with Esther Besbris was recorded over the phone on January 1, 2009. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the conversation, Esther Besbris edited the text and approved posting the present version in the 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

Besbris, E. (2010). When Erving Was an Infant My Mother Nursed Us Both So We Were Bosom Buddies. In Dmitri N. Shalin, Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives 1-52.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/goffman_archives/6