Stigma How We Treat Outsiders

Name: Stigma How We Treat Outsiders
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ISBN: 9781573928809

ISBN-10: 1573928801

ISBN-13: 9781573928809

Edition: 2001

Authors: Gerhard Falk

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 6/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.40" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Gerhard Falk, Ph.D., is professor of sociology at Buffalo State College. He is the author of twenty books and over forty journal articles. Falk has been awarded the State University of New York Chancellorrsquo;s Award for Excellence, the State University College at Buffalo Presidentrsquo;s Award for Creativity, and the State University of New York Research Foundation Award for Scholarship.



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



Social Psychology in Everyday Life



The Production of Stigma



Existential Stigma



Mental Illness: The Ultimate Stigma



Sexual Identity as Stigma: Homosexuals as "Deviants"



Obesity: Appearance as Stigma in a Rich Society



The Mentally Retarded or Developmentally Handicapped: Living with Stigma



Punishment without Crime: The Stigma of Being Old



Ex Malis Eligere Minima: Choosing the Single Life



The Stigma of Race: Native Americans - Strangers in Their Own Land



Achieved Stigma



Resentment Against Achievement: Stigmatizing Competence



The Alien Among Us: The Stigma of Immigration



"On the Streets": The Stigma of Homelessness



Prostitutes: Stigma, Exploitation, and Contempt



Alcoholics and Other Addicts: The Drug Culture Rejects Its Own



The Mark of Cain: Criminals, Convicts, and Offenders



"Logos," The Meaning of Stigma and Stigmatization


Bibliography


Glossary


Index