The Dilemma of Difference A Multidisciplinary View of Stigma
The topic of stigma came to the attention of modern-day behav ioral science in 1963 through Erving Goffman's book with the engaging title, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Following its publication, scholars in such fields as an thro
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PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY A Series of Texis mIll MmlOgmphs • Edited by Elliot Aronson
THE BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD: A Fundamental Delusion Melvin J. Lerner THE DILEMMA OF DIFFERENCE: A Multidisciplinary View of Stigma Edited by Stephen C. Ainlay, Gaylene Becker, and Lerita M. Coleman HUMAN AGGRESSION Robert A. Baron INTRINSIC MOTIVATION Edward L. Deci INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND SELF·DETERMINA TION IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Richard Heslin and Miles Patterson THE PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS PHENOMENA Gordon L. Patzer REDEFINING SOCIAL PROBLEMS Edited by Edward Seidman and Julian Rappaport SCHOOL DESEGREGATION Harold B. Gerard and Norman Miller SCHOOL DESEGREGATION: Past, Present, and Future Edited by Walter G. Stephan and Joe R. Feagin UNIQUENESS: The Human Pursuit of Difference C. R. Snyder and Howard L. Fromkin
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The Dilemma of Difference A Multidisciplinary View of Stigma
Edited by
Stephen C. Ainlay Holy Cross College Worcester, Massachusetts
Gay lene Becker University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, California
and
Lerita M. Coleman University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The dilemma of difference. (Perspectives in social psychology) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Stigma (Social psychology). 2. Social learning. 3. Social interaction. I. Ainlay, Stephen C. 1951II. Becker, Gaylene. III. Coleman, Lerita M. IV. Series. HM29l.D497 1986 302 86-15086 ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-7570-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-7568-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4684-7568-5
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To the participants of the Summer Institute on Stigma and Interpersonal Relations from whence this dream arose and for whom it now becomes a reality.
Contributors
STEPHEN C. AINLAY. Department of Sociology. Holy Cross College. Worcester. Massachusetts REGINA ARNOLD. Department of Sociology. Sarah Lawrence College. Bronxville. New York OSCARA. BARBARIN. Department of Psychology. University ofMichigan. Ann Arbor. Michigan GAYLENE BECKER. Institute for Health and Aging. School of Nursing. University of California. San Francisco. San Francisco. California LERITA M. COLEMAN. Department of Psychology. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. Michigan JENNIFER CROCKER. Department of Psychology. State University of New York. Buffalo. New York FAY
