Normalizing deviants: notes on the de-stigma trend
This article explores destigmatization discourses in the United States in the early 21st century, as social and political strategies and as narrative social movements unto themselves. We argue that the first decades of the new century see a trend of marginalized actors across many categories, includ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Deviant behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 41, Issue: 7, Pages: 828-840 |
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| Summary: | This article explores destigmatization discourses in the United States in the early 21st century, as social and political strategies and as narrative social movements unto themselves. We argue that the first decades of the new century see a trend of marginalized actors across many categories, including queer marriage, drugs, (discreditable) mental illness and (discredited) other areas of identity and disability, make narrative attempts to neutralize their "deviant" identities. We argue that de-stigmatization has occurred through the successful use of medicalization and assimilation framing of de-stigma discourses. Assimilationist frames increase "liberal" emphasis on actionable outcomes of de-stigma, like cultural access (i.e. inclusion, visibility, representation), and legal justice for marginalized people. Some assimilationist discourse endeavors to situate stigmatized identities inside of conformist frames, while (fewer and less visible) others resist dominant frames of acceptability. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 839-840 |
| ISSN: | 1521-0456 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01639625.2020.1763108 |
