SOC246H1 Chapter : The Living Dead Summary
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Ppl who are diagnosed as having it have been stigmatized. Ad stigma is of a specific sort it is dehumanization based on disgust and terror. Strong neg emotional responses to ad are buttressed by the social construction of ppl w. ad as zombies. This common referencing of zombies is significant as it infuses the social discourse about ad w. a politics of revulsion and fear that separates and marginalizes those w. The ultimate horror is dehumanization a state in which emotional life is suspended, in which the indvl is deprived of judgment. Ppl w. dementia can be treated as already dead and as walking corpses to be both pitied and feared, despite their obvious signs of life . In an age of increased sensitivity to the social and political harms caused by stereotypes to disease, it is disconcerting to find that frequent and overt references to zombies in regards to ad.
