Social Psychological Perspectives on Stigma: Advances in by John B. Pryor,Arjan E. R. Bos

By John B. Pryor,Arjan E. R. Bos

The 12 months 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the booklet Erving Goffman's landmark paintings, Stigma: Notes at the administration of Spoiled Identity. via this edited quantity, we commemorate the continued contribution of Goffman's paintings on stigma to social psychology. As Goffman initially used the time period, stigma implies a few kind of unfavourable deviance, or in his phrases, ‘an undesired differentness from what we had anticipated.’ seeing that Goffman’s pioneering treatise, there were millions of articles released on varied elements of stigma. The accelerating quantity of articles is testimony to the transforming into value of stigma examine, with nearly 3 out of 4 of the stigma-related courses within the study literature showing within the final 10 years. during this quantity, a suite of up-and-coming and pro stigma researchers offer either theoretical insights and new empirical findings. the amount may be of curiosity to either verified researchers and complicated scholars trying to research extra concerning the intensity and breadth of stigma examine.


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