Amanda is a relationship therapist and usually indulges in gossip with her secretary after lunch. After meeting with her new clients, Amanda calls her secretary into her private office to have an informal chat. She tells her secretary that her new clients are the most ignorant people she has ever met. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, Amanda is in the .

- Back stage.

Explanation:

As per the given description, Amanda would be considered in the 'backstage' as per Erving Goffman, the famous social psychologist. He described 'backstage' behavior as the behavior when there's no audience available to judge their behavior and individuals are completely liberated to reflect their 'true selves' without any kind of inhibition. Therefore, the 'informal chat' and discussion about the new clients between the secretary and Amanda reflect that she(Amanda) is in 'backstage' as she is not inhibiting her 'true self' without any restriction and not 'casting off' anything.

first of all, it's important to say that the book we shall not be moved, written by joan dash, is about the first strike of women in the united states in the year 1909. the best historical detail to clarify the reader's undertanding is the phrase "general strike". this strike involved women working at a garment factory who decided to protest   long working hours, low wages and brutal conditions. this strike became known as "the new york shirtwaist strike" or "the uprising of the 20,000". the strike mostly involved jewish women who did not speak english or who had a basic knowledge of the english language. finally, the strike went on from november 1909 until february 1910.

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