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SJU Goffman Stigma in Social Interactions Essay

 

Choose any of the three articles/ authors below and (A) describe how each of them is indebted to Goffman’s theories of Stigma and (B) how, if at all, they have advanced or extended Goffman’s understanding of stigma.

Irwin’s “Tatoos Without Stigma” 

Heckert and Best’s “Redheads as Deviant Types” 

Cahill and Eggleston’s “Wheelchair Users,” 

Twining, et.al.’s  “Pit Bull Owners and Stigma,” 

Weinberg and Williams’ “Fecal Matters”