Stigma : notes on the management of spoiled identity
Goffman, Erving, 1922-19822022
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In this groundbreaking work, acclaimed sociologist Erving Goffman examines how society treats those who it considers abnormal. Forced to adjust their social identities from situation to situation, Goffman analyses the variety of strategies that stigmatised individuals deploy to deal with the rejection of others, as well as the complex image of themselves they subsequently project. Relying extensively on biography and the lived experience of those who have found themselves on the edges of society, Goffman lays out the ways in which stigma dramatically alters the way the person affected feels about themselves, and the ways in which it can often violently shatter their relationships with 'normal' people.
Main title:
Stigma : notes on the management of spoiled identity / Erving Goffman.
Author:
Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2022.
Collation:
176 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1963.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780241548011 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
302.12
Language:
English
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BRN:
2541144
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