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Stigma : how we treat outsiders
- Title
- Stigma : how we treat outsiders / Gerhard Falk.
- Author
- Falk, Gerhard, 1924-
- Publication
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 01-13182 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 376 p.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-361) and index.
- Contents
- The production of 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 -- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 01-13182
- ISBN
- 1573928801 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001019035
- OCLC
- 45958020
- Author
- Falk, Gerhard, 1924-
- Title
- Stigma : how we treat outsiders / Gerhard Falk.
- Imprint
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-361) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 01-13182