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I would like to thank Yves Winkin, Dean MacCannell, Charles Bosk, and review editor Jim Ostrow for providing helpful comments on several earlier drafts of this essay.

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Chriss, J.J. Looking back on Goffman: The excavation continues. Hum Stud 16, 469–483 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323029

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