The concepts of "line" and "disidentifiers" are explained in the author's other works, Interactive Ritual and Stigma.
It quotes Sartre's observation of a waiter in the cafe in a section on "reality and contrivance," and ends with applications to management thinking. It describes the process of showing socially acceptable characteristics called mystification and notes that marginalized people tend to be forced into discredited groups. The concepts of "line" and "disidentifiers" are explained in the author's other works, Interactive Ritual and Stigma. Containing chapters on "discrepant roles" and "performances," FTP name this work that takes a "dramaturgical" approach to the study of social interactions, based on the metaphor of an actor giving a performance, the best known work by Erving Goffman.
It quotes Sartre's observation of a waiter in the cafe in a section on "reality and contrivance," and ends with applications to management thinking.
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life