Recalibrating Stigma

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"A very impressive and original body of work. This collection is a state-of-the-art contribution to the sociology of stigma and to the ways in which it is now to be theorised and retheorised. Admirably edited, it covers multiple facets of stigma and stigmatisation in novel, subtle and illuminating ways. It will become a much-cited text within the sociology of health and illness, and further afield too." Graham Scambler Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University College London, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences "In Recalibrating Stigma, Thomas, Williams, Spratt and Chandler take on the vital and timely task of creating more precision around a central yet slippery sociological construct. The effort is important to almost every aspect of health as their myriad cases show, demonstrating why we must better connect individual experiences to wider, powerful forces in which stigma - and the suffering it so powerfully engenders - is created and reproduced." Alexandra Brewis, Arizona State University "This ambitious book offers new perspectives on how to bring together - in varied ways - interests in interactional stigma with the political economies that inform them. A vital intervention." Janice McLaughlin, Newcastle University





"Re-calibrating Stigma offers myriad sociological insights and reflections on a challenging topic. Readers should find much of interest in this text when grappling with health-related stigma across diverse domains." Lee F. Monaghan, University of Limerick





"This exemplary collection aptly demonstrates the importance of understanding stigma in contemporary society as a function of structural and interactional processes. Each chapter offers a nuanced sociological analysis, pushing readers to think deeply about the stigma concept, its definition, and use in research. This excellent book will be of significant interest to scholars of stigma in many contexts, and students of medical sociology, in particular." Stacey Hannem, Wilfrid Laurier University