Karina-Notes on Chapter 2

Social Roles (Nikolas Evreinoff)

In this text it mentions how men are "superior" than women. The quote by Evreinoff "Man became first an actor, a player and then came religion", and "the social "roles" of such representative figures as politicians, bankers, businessmen, priest, and doctors" show that men were the important people in the society while women were not even included, as they did not take part in. In every occupation it had to be given to the men while the women were their slaves at home, that was back in the day, 1970's. Now in the present you see more women in every occupation from Police Officers to serving in the Air Force/ Marines. One thing for sure is that there is always going to be that thin line between men and woman, there is always something that will set them apart.

Dramatism (Kenneth Burke)

Dramatism: The analytical study of the strageties by which individuals attempt to influence by their actions the opinions or actions of others. According to Burke, dramatism is a variety of social interactions and cultural behavior.

The 5 keys to dramatism is: 

1. How (which creates the Agency)
2. What (which creates the Act)
3. When and Where (which creates the Scene)
4. Why (which creates the Purpose)

As you can see these five keys put together create the play and not only that but this happen in our everyday life.

Role Playing (Erving Goffman)

Certain type of behavior fits in both presentation and role playing. Goffman stresses that both of those terms suggest the initiative of a subject, "the fact that certain behavior has an audience and has an effect on that audience." When I was reading this it reminded me of that one time in class we were suppose to get into groups and come up with a shape and do a skit (role playing) or presentation. One presentation that I remember was the one with the Signs(Arrows). The group did a effect and cause presentation of having signs/arrows in our society and not having them. My group did the shape of a shoe, Cinderella, the glass slipper fit her and she decides her destiny. Moreover, these two groups are an example of presentation(Signs) and role playing (Cinderella).