Essay#5 Due 4/20 (new date): Managing Multiple Stigma

Essay #5: Managing Multiple Stigma
Due 4/20 (new date!!!)

Living life under the constraints of stigmatization is difficult. But, what about those who are “marked” by multiple stigma? What strategies do they use to manage their “spoiled identities”. Illustrate your discussion using the lives of Beckett (in Philadelphia), Audrey Lorde (The Cancer Journals), and one other person from pop-culture, or who has been portrayed in the media. Consider what Goffman has to say about multiple stigma in your analysis.

            In your analysis of a figure in popular culture, make sure that you:

·      Identify an prove through argumentation that the individual is subject to multiple stigma.

·      Make sure to identify how they have chosen to manage their identity in comparison to Lorde and Beckett

·      Discuss how successful they have been at this task (measure their acceptance in “normal society”).