Carrabine, Eamonn (2019) Unsettling Appearances: Diane Arbus, Erving Goffman and the Sociological Eye. Current Sociology, 76 (5). pp. 669-685. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118823828
Carrabine, Eamonn (2019) Unsettling Appearances: Diane Arbus, Erving Goffman and the Sociological Eye. Current Sociology, 76 (5). pp. 669-685. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118823828
Carrabine, Eamonn (2019) Unsettling Appearances: Diane Arbus, Erving Goffman and the Sociological Eye. Current Sociology, 76 (5). pp. 669-685. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392118823828
Abstract
Both the photographer Diane Arbus and sociologist Erving Goffman were fascinated by the way we present ourselves to others and this paper sets out how each understood the drama of human interaction. It begins by exploring how their work parallels some developments in the sociology of deviance, and notes how Goffman was one of the earliest critics of this field, before briefly sketching out Arbus’s controversial career and then turning to a more detailed look at three of her images. It concentrates on how the gap between intention and effect, or what Goffman terms the difference between the impressions we ‘give’ and those we actually ‘give off’, are at the core of her work and this sociological insight animates her compositions. The paper then describes how their work unsettles ‘normal appearances’ and provides rich resources for understanding human conduct.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Deviance, family, photography, representation, ritual |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2018 15:17 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:20 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/23295 |
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