Za gruba, za chuda, nieładna – problem społecznej stygmatyzacji osób o ciele nieidealnym

• Authors: Anna Brandt , Krystyna Buszman

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to present the phenomenon of social exclusion of persons whose body has been deformed due to disease process. Modern concepts of stigmatization and sociocultural aspects, which can be the background of social exclusion process, are going to be shown. Authors’ own research fo- cused on how the bodies of women after mastectomy and those suffering from anorexia are perceived in the society. In the lights of obtained results, stigmatization process is in the more advanced stage in women with anorexia than in those after mastectomy. In women after mastectomy it stops on social labeling, but in the context of anorexia it reaches the stage of social rejection according to Link and Phelan’s (2001) theory, which can be connected with social attribution of responsibility for having a stigma (somatic vs mental illness).

Keywords

EN

stigmatization; somatocentric attitudes; breast cancer; anorexia

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 1(20)
• Pages: 103-115

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Anna Brandt

• Uniwersytet Śląski

author

Krystyna Buszman

• Uniwersytet Śląski

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2157775