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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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Stigma, Erving Goffman
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- Released
- 1990
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- Title
- Stigma
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Erving Goffman
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0140124756
- ISBN13
- 9780140124750
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Society, Mental Health, Anthropology, Identity
- First published
- 1963
- Original title
- Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- 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.