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Stigma and Culture
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Pages: 542
Authors: J. Lorand Matory
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-02 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In Stigma and Culture, J. Lorand Matory provocatively shows how ethnic identification in the United States—and around the globe—is a competitive and hierarc
Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Roy Richard Grinker
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-26 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scien
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Language: en
Pages: 171
Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-03 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders
Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS
Language: en
Pages: 425
Authors: Pranee Liamputtong
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-22 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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Up until now, many articles have been written to portray stigma and discrimination which occur with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in many parts of the wor
Fat Shame
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Amy Erdman Farrell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-02 - Publisher: NYU Press

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A look at how fatness became a cultural stigma in the United States.