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).
Barnhart, A. (1994). ôErving Goffman: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.ö Available online at: http://www.cfmc.com/adamb/writings/goffman.htm
Ritzer, G. (2000). Classical Sociological Theory. Third Edition. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. Short Essay Question 2:
According to Ritzer (2000), structuralist theorizing grew out the dichotomy between agency and structuralism. Agency refers to the action of individual actors on a micro-level. Structure is the grid of rules, regulations and laws the make up how society interacts on any every day level. Structuralist theorizing varies between structural functionalists, who believe that society has a set of rules by which it is run and symbolic interaction, which sees the individual as having more agency than many sociologists theorize (p. 388).
According to Ritzer (2000), structures themselves do not exist in time and space, b
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