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Goffman bases his performance on what is 'Normal" in society. But is there really any normal.
Even Foucalt's Clinical Gaze is based on continued surveillance and correcting oneself on the basis of what is normal.
This attainment of being 'normal' forces people unknowingly sometimes to conform to what society expects of them. But how do these expectations arise? Are they political? or Social? or are they just a form of Control by the powers that be....... whoever they are

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Socy393 Lecture Topic 2: regulating the body and Topic Notes Module 2

Howson, Alexandra(2013) Chapter 5, Regulating the Body in The Body in Society. Polity Press

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Would you wear this to work if you worked in an office? Clothes play an important role in who we want to apppear to be. We wouldn't wear this outfit to a job interview unless it was for an ice hockey team.

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What do you see when you look in the mirror?

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What do you see when you look in the mirror?

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Two people inside trying to work out which one comes out!

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We make ourselves up to fit into the part we want to play. I wear make-up to work or out of the house, but if I am staying home I dont bother putting any on. This is one of my two faces. Adapting to fit into society.

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This song says it all. "I pretend that I am happy, but I am just a fool......"

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From the Paul Hogan Show (Australia), broadcast August 13 1980. This cover of the Lou Christie song was the band's final hit, reaching #15 nationally in 1980, after a number of hits in the mid to late 70s. More details at http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/music/ol55.htm

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Every great dramatic work evolves due to conflict. Conflict allows the character to evolve, to explore and grow leading to transformations. Conflicts in our lives grow us; grow our story to another level. In Emily Dickinson’s poem entitled “The Soul Selects Her Own Society - “The Soul can be viewed in the light that it selects because the “body” cannot; that the body is fated by birth, family, society. When you write your own script you are empowered to be the true hero in your own story and create your own history.

In all good dramas, the characters wear masks. The masks hide their true identities, their shadows.

What mask is covering your light, your true identity, your shadows?

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This is so true. When we get up in the morning we can choose what face to wear depending on what we are doing.

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This collection pad looks at Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis. This social theory looks at the whole world being a stage and how we are all actors, whether we show an onstage performance or a backstage on. Ultimately Goffman is saying that who we are depends on who we are interacting with and where we are. He talks about “the spoiled identity” where we seek to avoid disruption to our social role and avoid the attachment of stigma by being deemed a failed member of society.

We can alter our performance to fit into different situation making us preoccupied with social order and control. A main critism of this theory is that the fleshy, material body disappears under the banner of societal expectation.

In this collection I will look at the different performance people undergo in society to please others. This may mean impression management (eg. wearing appropriate clothes in certain situations), interaction management (eg. avoiding embarrassment and conforming to socially accepted roles), or body idioms (eg. how we move or speak or act).