Goffman described life in where all aspects of life are conducted in the same place and under the same authority, and where all phases of daily activities are strictly regimented.

The answer is: Goffman described life in total institutions.

Explanation:

In his book, Asylums: Essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates, first published in 1957, sociologist Erving Goffman, develops the concept of total institution. He uses it to name those institutions where all aspects of life are conducted in the same place and under the same authority, one of its main characteristics is that behavior is highly regulated.

In his book he focuses mostly on the situation of psychiatric hospitals and the patients, but he also mentions prisons as total institutions. The concept has helped sociologists analyze the ethnographic aspects of living in these type of institutions, such as relationship among interns and with the authority figures, sense of self, among others.

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