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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Erving Goffman baking businesses and institutionsHow do we communicate who we are to other people? This landmark work by one of the twentieth centurys most influential sociologists argues that our behaviour in social situations is defined by how we wish to be perceived resulting in displays startlingly similar to those of actors in a theatrical performance. From the houses and clothes that we use as fixed props to the backstage of the solitude in which our personas are rehearsed and relaxed, Goffman