Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity is a 1963 book by Erving Goffman.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Goffman's book Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity (1963) examines how, to protect their identities when they depart from approved standards of behavior or appearance, people manage impressions of themselves, mainly through concealment. Stigma pertains to the shame a person may feel when he or she fails to meet other people's standards, and to the fear of being discredited—which causes the person not to reveal his or her shortcomings. Thus a person with a criminal record may simply withhold that information for fear of judgment by whomever that person happens to encounter.[7]

An important concept within the book is passing whereby a person with a stigma blends in with normals by way of not disclosing personal attributes.[8]

References

  1. ^ DeFleur, M. L. (1964-10-01). "STIGMA: NOTES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPOILED IDENTITY. By Erving Goffman. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1963. 147 pp. Cloth, $4.50; paper, $1.95". Social Forces. 43 (1): 127–128. doi:10.1093/sf/43.1.127. ISSN 0037-7732.
  2. ^ "Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity". Postgraduate Medical Journal. 45 (527): 642. 1969-09-01. doi:10.1136/pgmj.45.527.642. ISSN 0032-5473. S2CID 220129419.
  3. ^ Hall, Peter (June 1971). "Book Reviews : STIGMA: NOTES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPOILED IDENTITY by Professor Erving Goffman. Published by Pelican Books, 1968. Pp 173. Price: 25p". International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 17 (3): 239. doi:10.1177/002076407101700310. ISSN 0020-7640. S2CID 143940380.
  4. ^ Seeman, Melvin; Goffman, Erving (October 1964). "Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity". American Sociological Review. 29 (5): 770. doi:10.2307/2091442. JSTOR 2091442.
  5. ^ Weinstein, Eugene (March 1965). "Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Erving Goffman". American Journal of Sociology. 70 (5): 636. doi:10.1086/223949. ISSN 0002-9602.
  6. ^ Polsky, Howard W. (June 1964). "Book Review: Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity". Social Casework. 45 (6): 357–358. doi:10.1177/104438946404500611. ISSN 0037-7678. S2CID 165956340.
  7. ^ John Scott (16 October 2006). Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-203-12890-9. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  8. ^ Kanuha, Val Kalei (December 1999). "The Social Process of Passing to Manage Stigma: Acts of Internalized Oppression of Acts of Resistance". Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. 26 (4): 27–46. doi:10.15453/0191-5096.2606.


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