Practice question · Fill in the blanks
Complete Goffman’s concept.
A ______ institution strips the newcomer’s old identity and rebuilds it through uniforms, schedules, and a new ______.
Word bank: total · language · primary · salary
Hints
- The setting controls the entire day and the entire self.
- Replacing a person's language is the subtlest of its tools.
Show the answer
A total institution strips the newcomer’s old identity and rebuilds it through uniforms, schedules, and a new language.
Why
Total institutions control the whole day and the whole self; language replacement — new titles, acronyms, forms of address — is the subtlest tool in the kit.
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