Recalibrating Stigma

Sociologies of Health and Illness
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3582-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Gareth

Williams, Oli

Spratt, Tanisha

Chandler, Amy

Weitere Mitwirkende

Guise, Andrew

Helleren, Simone

Ujhadbor, River

Dennis, Fay

Love, Gillian

Garcia-Iglesias, Jaime

Gibson, Kass

Cooper, Harriet

Remnant, Jen

Hanna, Esmée

Law, Caroline

Hudson, Nicky

Kapadia, Dharmi

Haarmans, Maria

Farrimond, Hannah

Michael, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Recalibrating Stigma - Gareth M. Thomas, Oli Williams, Tanisha Spratt, and Amy Chandler

1. Stigma, Racism, and Mental Healthcare - Dharmi Kapadia and Maria Haarmans

2. Stigma and Sexual Arousal: Rethinking HIV-Related Stigma in the Age of PrEP and the Internet - Jaime García-Iglesias

3. The Contested Nature of Abortion Stigma: From the Individual to the Structural - Gillian Love

4. Shooting Blanks?: Exploring the Assumed Relationship Between Masculinity and Stigma in Male Fertility - Esmée Hanna, Caroline Law, and Nicky Hudson

5. On the Process of Becoming a Body Fascist: Stigma and Shame in the Moral Economy of Exercise - Kass Gibson

6. Recalibrating Anti-Stigma: Avoiding Binary Thinking and ‘Destigmatisation Drift’ in Public Health - Oli Williams, Amy Chandler, Gareth M. Thomas, and Tanisha Spratt

7. Readdressing Addiction Stigma: Making Space for Being in the World Differently - Fay Dennis

8. How Stigma Emerges and Mutates: The Case of Long COVID Stigma - Hannah Farrimond and Mike Michael

9. Notes on a Spoiled Working Identity: Stigma, Illness, and Disability in the Contemporary (Western) Workplace - Jennifer Remnant

10. Spoiled Identity and the Curated Self: Narrativising Stigma in Parents’ Memoirs of Raising Disabled Children - Harriet Cooper

11. Studying Up: Understanding Power in Stigmatisation, Discrimination, and Health - Andy Guise, Simone Helleren, and River Újhadbor

Recalibrating Stigma: Concluding Thoughts - Tanisha Spratt, Amy Chandler, Oli Williams, and Gareth M. Thomas

Über Autor(innen)

Chandler, Amy
Amy Chandler is Professor of the Sociology of Health and Illness at the University of Edinburgh.

Thomas, Gareth
Gareth Thomas is Reader in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.

Spratt, Tanisha
Tanisha Spratt is Senior Lecturer in Racism and Health at King’s College London.

Williams, Oli
Oli Williams is Lecturer in Co-designing Healthcare Interventions at King’s College London.

Kapadia, Dharmi
Dharmi Kapadia is Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Manchester.

Gareth M. Thomas is Reader in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.

Oli Williams is Lecturer in Co-designing Healthcare Interventions at King’s College London.

Tanisha Spratt is Senior Lecturer in Racism and Health at King’s College London.

Amy Chandler is Professor of the Sociology of Health and Illness at the University of Edinburgh.