"The stigmatized individual is asked to act so as to imply neither that his burden is heavy nor that bearing it has made him different from us."

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Title

"The stigmatized individual is asked to act so as to imply neither that his burden is heavy nor that bearing it has made him different from us."

Creator

Goffman, Erving

Source

Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Date

1963

Identifier

page 122