List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Living Legacy of Erving Goffman, Michael Hviid Jacobsen; Chapter One Framing Goffman: Master of Disguise or Conspiring Magician?, Susie Scott; Chapter Two The Legacy of Erving Goffman’s Work: Cashor Primogeniture?, Philip Manning; Chapter Three Goffman’s Methods and Metaphors, Paul Atkinson and Martyn Hammersley; Chapter Four Goffman and the “Situation” in Sociology, Gary D. Jaworski; Chapter Five Interaction Order Controversies, Greg Smith; Chapter Six The World “Outside” the Interaction Order: Exploring Erving Goffman’s (Rather Limited) Relationship to European Social Theory, Michael Hviid Jacobsen; Chapter Seven Erving Goffman’s Contribution to a General Theory of Interpersonal Behavior, Jonathan H. Turner; Chapter Eight Playing for Meaning: Erving Goffman on Stakes, Pools, and Competitive Constructions of Meaning, Michael Dellwing; Chapter Nine Erving Goffman as Criminologist: Encounters, Dramaturgy, and Drift, Black Hawk Hancock and Roberta Garner; Chapter Ten Goffman’s Politics: Rebel With(out) a Cause?, Stacey Hannem; Afterword Maps, Masks, Meshes, Misses, and More: Metaphors in Search of Understanding Erving Goffman and Society, Gary T. Marx; Contributors; Index 

The Anthem Companions to Sociology offers wide ranging and masterly overviews of the works of major sociologists. The volumes in the series provide authoritative and critical appraisals of key figures in modern social thought. These books, written and edited by leading figures, are essential additional reading on the history of sociology. —Gerard Delanty, Professor of Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton

Anthem Companions to Sociology offer authoritative and comprehensive assessments of major figures in the development of sociology from the last two centuries. Covering the major advancements in sociological thought, these companions offer critical evaluations of key figures in the American and European sociological tradition, and will provide students and scholars with an in-depth assessment of the makers of sociology and chart their relevance to modern society.