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Stigma

Paperback • 2019 • English • 1. edition

Stigma: notes on the management of spoiled identity

By Erving Goffman

9 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

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About the book

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 a...Show more

Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

Book details

ISBN

9780140124750

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2019

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Stigma

Format

Paperback

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Paperback · 2004

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