individual. The offstage self is that part played when the self is expected to play the part of the audience and others are taking their turn "onstage" (p. 2).
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Ritzer, G. (2000). Classical Sociological Theory. Third Edition. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. Short Essay Question 2:
According to Wuthnow and Witten (1988), there are four theoretical methods in the study of culture from a sociological perspective. The first approach used by cultural analysts is to look at the subjective meanings of cultural objects. This approach is referred to as a way of regarding culture as an implicit feature of culture and studies norms and values, beliefs and attitudes, as well as mentalities (p. 53-4).
The second approach studies the patterns or structures evident among those objects themselves. According to Wuthnow and Witten (1988), since this type
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