Re-Reading Erving Goffman as an Emancipatory Researcher

Erving Goffman’s work is often employed within Disability Studies.  However, in Canada and the UK, most authors only discuss his Stigma (1963) or Asylums (1961), and his work is often dismissed as: a) individualistic; b) lacking a notion of social structure; and c) politically benign.  In this paper...

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Main Author: Thomas Abrams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2014-01-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
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Online Access:http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3434