Dmitri Shalin Interview with Roy Turner about Erving Goffman entitled "What Struck Me First about Goffman Was That He Had an Amazing Elegance in His Delivery"

Authors

Roy Turner, University of British Columbia

Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

7-1-2010

Publication Title

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

First page number:

1

Last page number:

60

Abstract

This conversation with Dr. Roy Turner, Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, was recorded over the phone on April 4, 2010. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Turner 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; Sociologists; Symbolic interactionism

Disciplines

Politics and Social Change | Social Psychology and Interaction | Sociology

Language

English

Permissions

After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, Dr. Turner edited the text and approved posting the present version in the Goffman Archives.

Publisher Citation

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

Repository Citation

Turner, R. (2010). Dmitri Shalin Interview with Roy Turner about Erving Goffman entitled "What Struck Me First about Goffman Was That He Had an Amazing Elegance in His Delivery". In Dmitri N. Shalin, Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives 1-60.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/goffman_archives/71