# The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
**Entity class:** Book
**Author:** [[wiki/Erving Goffman|Erving Goffman]]
**Publication year:** 1959
## Definition
_The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life_ develops the dramaturgical model of social interaction, including front regions, back regions, teams, and the disciplines required to sustain a shared presentation.
## Relationships
- **theoretical basis for:** [[wiki/Dramaturgy|Dramaturgy]] and [[wiki/Producer Function|Producer Function]].
- **paired with:** [[wiki/Strategic Interaction|Strategic Interaction]].
- **source context:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]].