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Identity performance is a concept that holds that "identity" can be a project or a conscious effort or action taken to present oneself in social interactions. This is based on the definition of identity as an ongoing process of self-definition and the definitions of the self by others, which emerge from interaction with others.[1] The idea is that there are identities that are performed to achieve several objectives such as assimilation and acculturation, among others. It draws from the Erving Goffman's theatrical metaphor theory where, in social situations, the others perform the role of the audience, which an individual must perform to impress.[1]
- ^ a b Duits, Linda (2008). Multi - Girl - Culture: An Ethnography of Doing Identity. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 35. ISBN 9789056295257.