The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman

Goffman analyses everyday social interaction using the metaphor of theatrical performance, arguing that people constantly manage impressions through a front stage self presented to others and a back stage self revealed only in private, shaping how social identity is constructed and maintained.

The book's dramaturgical framework — roles, performances, audiences, impression management — became enormously influential across sociology, psychology and media studies, and its insights into social performance remain strikingly relevant to understanding curated identity in the social media era.

A foundational sociological classic on social performance and identity, still widely taught.

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