Stigma
Subtitle: how we treat outsiders
By: Gerhard Falk.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Stigma (Social psychology); Marginality, Social
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-361) and index.
Table of contents: title: The production of stigma; title: Mental illness: the ultimate stigma; title: Sexual identity as stigma: homosexuals as "deviants"; title: Obesity: appearance as stigma in a rich society; title: The mentally retarded or developmentally handicapped: living with stigma; title: Punishment without crime: the stigma of being old; title: Ex malis eligere minima: choosing the single life; title: The stigma of race: Native Americans, strangers in their own land; title: Resentment against achievement: stigmatizing competence; title: The alien among us: the stigma of immigration; title: "On the streets": the stigma of homelessness; title: Prostitutes: stigma, exploitation, and contempt; title: Alcoholics and other addicts: the drug culture rejects its own; title: The mark of Cain: criminals, convicts, and offenders; title: "Logos," the meaning of stigma and stigmatization.