Micro · Individual Stub 1963

Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity

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A landmark micro-sociological framework analyzing how individuals possessing discredited or discreditable attributes manage their social information and spoiled identities in face-to-face interaction.

Field Sociology · Psychology
Level of analysis Micro · Individual
Paradigm Symbolic Interactionism Phenomenology
Key figures 👤 Erving Goffman (어빙 고프먼)
Year 1963

Key Claims

Erving Goffman analyzed stigma as a deeply discrediting attribute that reduces an individual from a whole, usual person to a tainted, discounted one. He detailed the strategic interaction tactics used by discredited and discreditable actors to manage tension and conceal stigmatizing social information.

Further Reading

  • Goffman, E. (1963). Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Prentice-Hall.

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