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Face (sociological concept)Work (physics)PsychologySociologyEngineering

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Year
1955
Type
article
Volume
18
Issue
3
Pages
213-231
Citations
2705
Access
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Erving Goffman (1955). On Face-Work. Psychiatry , 18 (3) , 213-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1955.11023008

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