UZSNNP-15-2 Self Stigma and Self Identity

UZSNNP-15-2 Self Stigma and Self Identity

You are required to submit a 2000 word essay from the following list, choosing a different title from that of your original submission.

1. 
   What is Symbolic Interactionism? What is unique about Erving Goffman’s contribution to this approach?
   

2. 
   What did Goffman mean by his terms ‘stigma’ and ‘moral career’?
   

3. 
   How do people labelled with a mental illness deal with their stigmatisation?
   

4. 
   How do prostitutes and others in the sex trade deal with their stigmatisation?
   

5. 
   How do non-heterosexual people deal with their stigmatisation?
   

6. 
   What is a total institution? What is it about such institutions that make them ‘total’?
   

7. 
   How do people manage their self and identity in such institutions as prisons and mental institutions?