Received: from acs5.bu.edu (ACS5.BU.EDU [128.197.154.50]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id LAA05553 for ; Wed, 28 May 1997 11:20:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from conroyt@localhost) by acs5.bu.edu (8.8.4/) id NAA120723; Wed, 28 May 1997 13:17:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 13:17:29 -0400 (EDT) From: thomas conroy Sender: thomas conroy Reply-To: thomas conroy Subject: Re: Sociology of Everyday Life To: dave repko cc: Sociology Graduate Students -- International In-Reply-To: <338BA1E0.6A1@server.uwindsor.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Firstly, I want to thank all who have been posting additions to this thread. Please keep them coming. On Tue, 27 May 1997, dave repko wrote: > How about Erving Goffman - Frame Analysis:An Essay on the Organization > of Experience Actually, I am already planning on using a chapter from Goffman's Relations in Public. I would be hesitant to use Frame Analysis, even though some of his conceptions are insightful (as always), for a number of reasons. For one, it's massive, and I don't want to overwhelm a class of freshmen with an unduly heavy reading load. Also, I want to be a bit more eclectic, combining Goffman, SI, Ethno, phenomenology and critical theory. I also think that in some ways, Frame Analysis is a bit more parasitic than usual on ethnomethodology and phenomenology; indeed, some have claimed that it represents Goffman's "answer" to Garfinkel. Whatever one's interpretation of it though, I'm just not sure that it would be the best way of introducing lower level undergraduates to Goffmanian analysis. I think, instead, that a rich example or two, along with his interpretations, will have a much greater impact. Tom Conroy