Recalibrating Stigma

Sociologies of Health and Illness

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Stigma has long been a central concern for social scientists studying health and illness. Yet, in existing work, stigma often escapes definition and clarification, is treated as universal and constant, and becomes a vague catch-all term for a range of conditions and situations.

This book initiates a process of recalibrating the conceptualisation of stigma. The book features original analyses from early- and mid-career scholars focusing on diverse issues, including mental health, racism, sex, HIV, reproduction, obesity, eating disorders, self-harm, exercise, drug use, COVID-19, and disability.

This ambitious book offers new perspectives to stimulate and intensify conversations around stigma, and highlights the valuable contributions of sociological approaches to understanding health and illness.

Contributor: Andrew Guise (Contributions by), Simone Helleren (Contributions by), River Ujhadbor (Contributions by), Fay Dennis (Contributions by), Gillian Love (Contributions by), Jaime Garcia-Iglesias (Contributions by), Kass Gibson (Contributions by), Harriet Cooper (Contributions by), Jen Remnant (Contributions by), Esmée Hanna (Contributions by), Caroline Law (Contributions by), Nicky Hudson (Contributions by), Dharmi Kapadia (Contributions by), Maria Haarmans (Contributions by), Hannah Farrimond (Contributions by), Mike Michael (Contributions by), Gareth Thomas (Edited by), Oli Williams (Edited by), Tanisha Spratt (Edited by), Amy Chandler (Edited by)

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