'Bomb talk' and Erving Goffman's frame analysis /
Erving Goffman's Frame Analysis is introduced (together with several of Goffman's basic concepts, including 'strips', 'frames', 'keys', 'fabrications', etc.) and applied to 'bomb talk' (i.e. the different ways in which Westerners discuss an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Los Angeles, California] :
SAGE,
2014.
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| Series: | SAGE research methods. Cases.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Erving Goffman's Frame Analysis is introduced (together with several of Goffman's basic concepts, including 'strips', 'frames', 'keys', 'fabrications', etc.) and applied to 'bomb talk' (i.e. the different ways in which Westerners discuss and/or refer to the reality of nuclear weapons). This analysis confirms (as Goffman predicts) that the manner in which everyday life is conceptualized and subsequently transformed is extraordinarily flexible. The analysis of 'bomb talk' demonstrates that we are so adept at 'keying' the threat of nuclear weaponry that we appear unable to grapple effectively with its reality, that is, that we are culturally asleep. Is this true of everything in our lives? This is for you to discover by conducting your own frame analyses of the phenomena that you consider most consequential and intriguing. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781473949102 1473949106 |