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Erving Goffman was a prominent Canadian-American sociologist known for his theories on social interaction and symbolic interactionism. He was born in 1922 in Canada and received his PhD from the University of Chicago. Some of his most influential works examined how individuals manage impressions and define situations through their interactions with others. Goffman saw social reality as similar to a dramatic stage, with individuals acting as performers. He was interested in how meanings and perceptions are f

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Geraldo Martins

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