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@article{2011Face,
  title={Face},
  author={},
  journal={Journal of Sociology},
  year={2011},
  volume={47},
  pages={279 - 295},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:220270450}
}

The concept of face, as it is developed by Goffman, has strong conceptual links with the notion of a ‘looking-glass’ self outlined by Adam Smith and developed sociologically by Cooley. It also has links with the Chinese concept of face, which relates to the transfer of social science concepts from one cultural setting to another. By discussing the specificity and universality of face the article indicates the significance of the Chinese concept of face in a global sociology. The article goes on…