Stigma Revisited: Implications of the Mark

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.

Author: Stacey Hannem
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 10/06/2012
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780776607832

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2013

About the Author
Stacey Hannem is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at the Brantford Campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. She was formerly an instructor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa and held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council post-doctoral fellowship. She completed her PhD sociology at Carleton University in 2008. Dr. Hannem has pursued research and published in the areas of reintegration for sexual offenders, restorative justice, and families affected by incarceration.

Chris Bruckert is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Since receiving her PhD from Carleton University in 2000, she has devoted herself to researching various sectors of the Canadian adult sex industry through the lens of feminist labour theory. Committed to sex worker rights, she endeavours to contribute to the movement as an academic activism.