Mapping Goffman's invisible college by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leeds-Hurwitz, Wendy, author.

Series:

mediastudies.press Goffman in the open series

The mediastudies.press Goffman in the open series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982.

Friends and associates.

Sociologists.

University of Pennsylvania.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Bethlehem, PA mediastudies.press 2025

Summary:

"Erving Goffman is often remembered as a solitary thinker--famously private, and never a co-author. This book offers a counterpoint by tracing Goffman’s connections to a network of colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania between 1968 and 1982, including Dell Hymes, William Labov, John Szwed, Ray Birdwhistell, and Sol Worth. It follows five major collaborations that emerged in that setting, along with others that never quite came together. The analysis also considers Goffman’s earlier work at institutions including the University of Chicago, the National Institute of Mental Health, the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University, alongside related initiatives at Indiana University and the University of Texas. Beyond documenting Goffman’s intellectual network, the book uses his connections as a case study to examine interdisciplinarity, invisible colleges, and disciplinary history. By examining both the productive and faltering collaborations in Goffman’s orbit, the book shed slight on the complex, often unpredictable pathways through which academic ideas take shape. This work will appeal to scholars across disciplines seeking to understand the collaborative foundations of academic life"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Before Penn

People at Penn

Major projects at Penn

Minor projects at Penn

Penn adjacent

Beyond Penn

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's website, viewed September 3, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Leeds-Hurwitz, Wendy Mapping Goffman's invisible college

ISBN:

9781951399344

195139934X

9781951399375

1951399374

9781951399351

1951399358

OCLC:

1535218840

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access