Ivana, G.-I. (2016) Face and the dynamics of its construction: a relational and multilayered perspective. Symbolic Interaction, 39(1), pp. 106-125. (doi: 10.1002/symb.209)
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Abstract
This article proposes a new understanding of the concept of face as coconstructed and characterized by various and not always polarized dynamics, such as gain/loss. In elaborating on this conceptual frame, I revisit Goffman's work on social appraisal and argue it is marked by a shift from an expositional to a relational approach. Using this reading of Goffman, together with characteristics of the Chinese concept of face, I analyze interview data about users' interpretations, motivations, and intentions behind public exchanges of information on Facebook. The data illustrate both interactive processes of gradual acquisition/erosion of mien‐tzu and loss of lien.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Ivana, Dr Greti-Iulia |
| Authors: | Ivana, G.-I. |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Symbolic Interaction |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0195-6086 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1533-8665 |
| Published Online: | 12 January 2016 |
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