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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity

By Erving Goffman

Book information

Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Year
1963
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (9969379 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
156\156
DPI
600
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-09-03 19:10:32

Description

The dwarf, the disfigured, the blind man, the homosexual, the ex-mental patient and the member of a racial or religious minority all share one characteristic: they are all socially "abnormal", and therefore in danger of being considered less then human. Whether ordinary people react by rejection, by over-hearty acceptance or by plain embarressment, their main concern is with such an individual's deviance, not with the whole of his personality. "Stigma" is a study of situations where normal and abnormal meet, and of the ways in which a stigmatized person can develop a more positive social and personal identity.

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