Analyzing Gender in Public Places: Rethinking Goffman's Vision of Everyday Life.

Gardner, Carol Brooks

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ERIC Number: EJ392965

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Publication Date: 1989

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Analyzing Gender in Public Places: Rethinking Goffman's Vision of Everyday Life.

Gardner, Carol Brooks

American Sociologist, v20 n1 p42-56 Spr 1989

Discusses Erving Goffman's work on public places with regard to how that work represents women's experience in public places. Reviews strategies that women devise to manage appearances in public places in order to illustrate how gender-conscious appraisal is necessary to appreciate the character of public places. (Author/LS)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Crime, Crime Prevention, Fear, Females, Interpersonal Relationship, Research Methodology, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Social Behavior, Social Science Research, Womens Studies

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Language: English

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