Stigma Revisited: Implications of the Mark

215 Pages·2012·4.572 MB·English

by  Stacey Hannem (editor), Chris Bruckert (editor)

S T I G M A
R E V I S I T E D

S T I G M A
R E V I S I T E D
IMPLICATIONS OF THE MARK
edited by
Stacey Hannem and Chris Bruckert
University of ottawa Press
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The University of Ottawa Press acknowledges with gratitude the support extended to its publishing list by
Heritage Canada through the Canada Book Fund, by the Canada Council for the Arts, by the Federation
for the Humanities and Social Sciences through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, by the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and by the University of Ottawa.
We also gratefuly acknowledge the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa and the
Research Services at Wilfrid Laurier University, whose financial support has contributed to the publication
of this book.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Stigma revisited [electronic resource] : implications of the
mark / edited by Stacey Hannem and Chris Bruckert.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic monograph.
Issued also in print format.
ISBN 978-0-7766-2002-2 (PDF).--ISBN 978-0-7766-2026-8 (HTML)

1. Stigma (Social psychology) 2. Stereotypes (Social psychology)
3. Marginality, Social. I. Hannem, Stacey, 1979- II. Bruckert, Chris, 1960-

HM1096.S75 2012 303.3’85 C2012-904327-3
This book is dedicated to our sons:
Jonathan and Samuel; Benjamin and Simon
With your very existence, you affirm the need to fight for social justice.

Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Chapter One
Speaking Out
Down, Out, Crazy!
Nicholas Little 7
Chapter Two
Theorizing Stigma and the Politics of Resistance
Symbolic and Structural Stigma in Everyday Life
Stacey Hannem 10
Chapter Three
The Mark of Racialization
Afghan-Canadian Men Negotiate Stigma Post-9/11
Vajmeh Tabibi (with Stacey Hannem) 29
Chapter Four
The Mark of “Disreputable” Labour
Workin’ It: Sex Workers Negotiate Stigma
Chris Bruckert 55
Chapter Five
The Mark of Sexual Deviance
What Keeps Men Who Have Sex with Men Up at Night?
Kevin Walby 79
Chapter Six
The Mark of Association
Transferred Stigma and the Families of Male Prisoners
Stacey Hannem 95
Chapter Seven
The Mark of Mental Illness
“Slashing” and Managing the Stigma of a Scarred Body
Jennifer M. Kilty 118
Chapter Eight
Speaking Out
On Being a Nigger
Charles Huckelbury, Jr. 138
Chapter Nine
The Mark of Criminality
Rejections and Reversals, Disclosure and Distance:
Stigma and the Ex-Prisoner
Melissa Munn 147
Chapter Ten
Speaking Out
A Poem and a Conversation
“Crazzy” Dave Dessler (with Jean E. Boulay) 170
Chapter Eleven
Concluding Thoughts
Academic Activism: A Call to Action
Stacey Hannem and Chris Bruckert 176
References 183
Contributors 198
Index 201
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the people who have contributed to the creation of this
volume:
• First, and foremost, we thank the participants in the various research
projects presented in this book who took the time and gave of themselves
to share their stories with us. We hope that we have done justice to your
experiences and that your voices ring true in these pages.
• Bob Gaucher for your enthusiasm and support for this project and, more
broadly, for the role you have played as an inspirational teacher and men-
tor to each of us.
• The contributors, who shared our vision to attend to the voices of the
subjects, and each brought unique insights to this collection.
• The two anonymous reviewers who painstakingly took the time to com-
ment on this manuscript. Your insights were invaluable.
• The editors and staff at the University of Ottawa Press for their hard work
and assistance.
• Wendy and Tom Greenlaw, who opened their home to us, allowing us the
time to edit the final draft of the manuscript.
• Wilfrid Laurier University and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Uni-
versity of Ottawa for providing grants that make the publication of this
volume possible.
Stacey would like to thank:
• My PhD committee at Carleton University: Aaron Doyle, Flo Kellner,
and Catherine Kelly, for their comments on early versions of the material
presented in this book. You have each in your own way pushed me to be
a better scholar, and I am grateful.