false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179567288m/931986.jpg 931986 7 <I>Stigma</I> 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.<P>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 <I>Stigma</I> the interplay of alternatives the stigmatized individual must face every day is brilliantly examined by one of America's leading social analysts.<P> 1166562 1970 Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity total:155|5:59|4:50|3:35|2:11|1:0| 155 622 268 24 4 1 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 03 11:27:45 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 14:40:09 -0800 2009 I found it useful to cash out this distinction in phenomenological terms as follows. Virtual identity is comprised of those meanings ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 15:29:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 10:41:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:06:16 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:10:23 -0800 2009
In the historical context, when stigmas (of any type) were seen as indelible and ultimately personal flaws, this text was incendiary. It systematically examin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 16:34:19 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 16:00:57 -0800 2009 I reread this last week for my dissertation project. I think an important aspect of this influential text that is often overlooked is Goffman's appreciation that the sense of 'differentness' individuals often feel in relation to other...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 16:07:05 -0800 2009 Tue May 05 22:46:09 -0700 2009 Covering, The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, the author of which got the concept of covering (not being totally closeted, but downplaying aspects of one's identity when one is part of a stigmatized group) from this book.

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