Stigma
Subtitle: How We Treat Outsiders
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781573928809
Subjects: Racism & racial discrimination; Stigma (Social psychology); Sociology; Social Science; Discrimination & Racism; Sociology - Social Theory; Sociology - General; Marginality, Social
First sentence: Every human society establishes boundaries between those considered "insiders" and those who carry with them a "stigma" or label, often one of disapproval, but in modern times there are also many positive examples.