Front region

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Front region

A front region is not so much an actual space as it is more a social mode of acting. The front space equals the area of social action in which we perform, as where a back region equals the social area of recovering. One finds himself in a front space if he can be accounted for his actions, meaning that he is under social constraints.


Back region

A back region is


Meaning and use of the terms

The term front region is introduced by Goffen and used by Giddens.

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