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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.2
EAN: 9780671622442
ISBN: 0671622447
Label: Touchstone
Manufacturer: Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 168
Publication Date: June 15, 1986
Publisher: Touchstone
Studio: Touchstone
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Editorial Review:
Stigma is an illuminating excursion into the situation of persons who are unable to conform to standards that society calls normal. Disqualified from full social acceptance, they are stigmatized individuals. Physically deformed people, ex-mental patients, drug addicts, prostitutes, or those ostracized for other reasons must constantly strive to adjust to their precarious social identities. Their image of themselves must daily confront and be affronted by the image which others reflect back to them.
Drawing extensively on autobiographies and case studies, sociologist Erving Goffman analyzes the stigmatized person's feelings about himself and his relationship to "normals" He explores the variety of strategies stigmatized individuals employ to deal with the rejection of others, and the complex sorts of information about themselves they project. In Stigma the interplay of alternatives the stigmatized individual must face every day is brilliantly examined by one of America's leading social analysts.
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Rating:  - Stigma: Notes On the Management Of Spoiled Identity
This is not a new book, however it appears to be an important contribution to the sociological study of the phenomenon of stigma, which deserves more study than it has gotten thus far. Stigma appears to be a major cause of many of society's ills, as well as a result of such ills.
Rating: - Stigma and identity
If you are looking for this book, you probably already know that it is THE seminal text on stigma and social identity. If you are just curious, read on and discover what it means to be stigmatized.
Rating: - Erving Goffman: Stigma
I was assigned a few chapters out of this for my graduate seminar in social psychology. It is an incredibly powerful book that completely changed my outlook on life and society. I realized by reading this that I - who thought I was a pretty accepting, liberal guy - still harbored some serious prejudices against groups like homosexuals and the physically handicapped. The reason this book is so powerful is that it weaves theory in with a tremendous amount of statements from members of stigmatized ... Read More
Rating: - A Sociological Classic
A sociological classic. The author shows stigma through the normal lens of everyday living and extends to the extreme. Most sociologist just summaries their theory either at the end and beginning of the book and then stuff their chapters with useless information hoping the reader will connect the information. Goffman, however, does it. He continues his theorizing from the first page until the end, being very comprehensive about it.
Goffman is a rarity. Few sociologists' works can be viewed ... Read More
Rating: - A Classic that is more relevant than ever
Although this is a slim book it is more rich in detail and insight than many texts twice its size. Goffman is both a genius and a brilliant writer. His theory is clearly elucidated throughout the text by real life anecdotes. The book opens with a letter to a "lonelyhearts" column from a girl "born without a nose" which concludes "Ought I commit suicide?" This sets the tone for a book that pulls no punches and comprehensively addresses the alienation of those different from what ... Read More
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