Examines the stigmatism of children who deviate from acceptable American standards for physical appearance. Beuf analyzes both the effects of this stigmatization on children and the strategies used to cope with it.
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On Monday, March 1, 1988, an American sixth-grade student walked into his elementary school classroom and shot himself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
impaired appearance, stigmatizing incidents, appearance impairment, competency feelings, stigmatizing event, myopic children, vitiligo patients, social stigmatization, stigmatized person, soft lenses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, Social Resources Parental, John Merrick, Levels of Interaction Core-family, New York New!
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On Monday, March 1, 1988, an American sixth-grade student walked into his elementary school classroom and shot himself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
impaired appearance, stigmatizing incidents, appearance impairment, competency feelings, stigmatizing event, myopic children, vitiligo patients, social stigmatization, stigmatized person, soft lenses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, Social Resources Parental, John Merrick, Levels of Interaction Core-family, New York New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Social Psychology (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Donald C. Pennington in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Nature of Prejudice: 25th Anniversary Edition by Gordon W. Allport in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Biting off the Bracelet: A Study of Children in Hospitals by Ann Hill Beuf in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Deviance and Identity (Foundations of Sociology) by John Lofland in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Clinical Management of Craniosynostosis (Clinics in Developmental Medicine) by Richard Hayward on page 257
- Psychological Approaches to Dermatology by Linda Papadopoulos in Back Matter
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