Stigma Revisited: Implications of the Mark is a collection of
qualitative, empirical studies of populations who experience
stigma. Discrimination, marginality and social injustice are
recognized as indelibly tied to the phenomena of stigma. This
volume builds on the work of Erving Goffman and integrates a
larger, structural understanding of stigma based in Michel
Foucault's governmentality writings. Contemporary notions of risk,
riskiness and danger are linked to the labelling of "deviant"
populations in the name of social control and risk management;
these labels result in the institutional and systemic perpetuation
of stereotypes and stigmatic attitudes. The research presented in
this book addresses the individual experience of symbolic stigma as
well as the collective impact of structural stigma. With unique,
personal vignettes that position each of the academic contributors
in relation to their subjects, this collection of essays challenges
social science researchers to understand their own role in
reproducing and contesting hegemonic discourses that stigmatize and
marginalize.
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