SOC 2070 Study Guide - Final Guide: Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Social Stigma, Bulimia Nervosa
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Mental constructs (recipes) that help us makes sense of our world. Being able to construct that people are nurses from which they look, act, stand. Environments and situations people have typifications for what constitutes a fearful environment (graffiti, dark) Mental constructs for what constitutes are normal physical appearance. We manage/tolerate modest variation within the boundaries of our typifications. Deviant appearances challenge existing typifications re: normal . Your capacity for typifying is a product of evolution- not specific typifications. Stigma: a quality or attribute that is deeply discrediting and that has the power to interrupt social and personal relationships. Discredited: source of the stigma is visible, its right there out in the open, shared recognition/ understanding from those people around you, identity has been totally discredited, birth defects, scars, etc. Discreditable: source of stigma is not known, something about your physical appearance/ characteristic that is unknown to others, prothesetitics,
