Bringing together the work of leading scholars, this book explores the fertility and enigma of Erving Goffman’s sociological reasoning and its capacity to shed fresh light on the fundamental features of human sociality.

Preface and acknowledgements. Contributors. Introduction- The persisting presence of Erving Goffman. PART I-CONCEPTS AND THEMES. Chapter 1 Dramaturgy. Chapter 2 Self-presentation. Chapter 3 Ritual. Chapter 4 Stigma. Chapter 5 Total institutions. Chapter 6 Moral career. Chapter 7 Face-work. Chapter 8 Interaction in public places. Chapter 9 Strategic interaction. Chapter 10 Frame analysis. Chapter 11 Re-framing ‘footing’. Chapter 12 The interaction order. PART II FIELDS AND STUDIES. Chapter 13 Goffman and the emotions- Timely reflections on Erving Goffman as ‘emotion theorist’. Chapter 14 Goffman and medical sociology. Chapter 15 Goffman and communication. Chapter 16 The reception of Goffman’s work in media studies. Chapter 17 About ‘face’- Reconsidering Goffman’s theory of face-work for digital culture. Chapter 18 Goffman and sociolinguistics. Chapter 19 Goffman and the sociology of the body. Chapter 20 A primal scene- Disability in everyday life. Chapter 21 Goffman and visual studies. Chapter 22 Goffman and gender studies. Chapter 23 Goffman and gambling studies. Chapter 24 Mobilities studies- Goffman on the move. Chapter 25 Goffman on police work- A pragmatic dance in action. Chapter 26 Erving Goffman and the sociology of death and dying. PART III COMPARISONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND ASIDES. Chapter 27 Goffman and Elias- Between deception and embarrassment. Chapter 28 Goffman and Garfinkel- Sociologists of the ‘information order’. Chapter 29 Goffman and Foucault- Framing the micro-physics of power.Chapter 30 Goffman and Giddens- Discovering a systematic theorist. Chapter 31 Ordering Goffman’s oeuvre- Two addenda. Chapter 32 Goffman and fieldwork- Mottke, the thief. Chapter 33 Nothing funny about that!- Erving Goffman and the (un)humorousness of everyday life. Chapter 34 Learning from Goffman- Toward a concept-driven transcontextual sociology. Chapter 35 Goffman’s footnotes- Excavating Erving Goffman’s revealing asides. Index.

'Jacobsen and Smith’s International Handbook of Goffman Studies undoubtedly constitutes a new milestone in the recognition of Goffman’s work. Anyone who studies this work in depth needs to know and work with this book. Its thorough reading promises a wealth of impulses for the further exploration of Goffman’s work, which will hopefully continue to be an arena where different theoretical positions and controversial views of his publications can meet.' - Karl Lenz, Symbolic Interaction