SOCIOL 2C06 Lecture Notes - Black Comedy, Content Analysis, Hearse
14 Apr 2014
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Case study: handling the stigma of handling the dead. Not a clear example of career stigma but close to it. People avoid saying where they work and just say they work in the service industry. Findings: passing or concealment, symbolic redefinition words beneath. 3. role distance and emotional detachment their issue, people are part of our culture and they will socialize deviance in the attitudes as well. People working in funeral homes deal with working here at thinking of themselves are technicians. They separate their work and think of it as a technical work rather than preparing for a funeral. When in the preparation room i don"t think of who im working on, but just as what im doing. It reinforced why she chose this profession as oppose to other people. She thought she was there for the right reason and this resectful attitude towards what she was doing confirmed her decision: humour deal with stigma by bringing this in.
