Boundaries in the Making: Transformations in Erving Goffman’s Total Institution through the Case of a Female Benedictine Monastery
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DOI: 10.1177/00380385211011573
Abstract: Total institutions have undergone profound changes since Erving Goffman published his seminal work Asylums in 1961. This article explores the persistence and transformation of total institutions un... read more here.
Keywords: transformations erving; goffman total; boundaries making; erving goffman ... See more keywords
Prisons as total institution semiospheres
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DOI: 10.12697/sss.2020.48.2-4.06
Abstract: The main objective of this article is to combine Juri Lotman’s theory of the semiosphere – including its concepts of boundary, core, and periphery – with Erving Goffman’s theory of the total institution. The purpose… read more here.
Keywords: total institution; theory; prison; lotman theory ... See more keywords