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Stigmas of disease and poverty: A Historical a priori of Modern Discourse

Published:2023-03-28 Issue:3 Volume:20 Page:57-72
ISSN:2541-7517
Container-title:Siberian Journal of Philosophy
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Author:

Boyarkina S. I.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. The Sociological Institute of the RAS – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract

The article dwells on the history of the formation of multiple stigmas of sick/poor people. The author describes medical and status characteristics that predetermine attitudes towards potential or real carriers of infectious diseases and poverty. Historical examples of the stigmatization of certain social groups in the era of the greatest epidemiological trouble until the middle of the 19th century are described.A content analysis of the discourse is carried out. It was based on the materials of a modern online publication and included text-analyzes of the audience’ comments (n=133) to the news. The publication describes a conflict in a city cafe about the visitor who carries multiple stigmas. Statements that reflect the assessment of the identity of the stigmatized and the attitude of the audience towards him are given.Historical and cultural analysis made it possible to identify the continuity of discursive practices of stigmatization, the relevance for contemporaries of the historically established stereotypes of perception of a traditionally stigmatized category.

Publisher

Novosibirsk State University (NSU)

Subject

General Medicine

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