ABSTRACT

This article explores destigmatization discourses in the United States in the early 21st century, as social and political strategies and as narrative social movements unto themselves. We argue that the first decades of the new century see a trend of marginalized actors across many categories, including queer marriage, drugs, (discreditable) mental illness and (discredited) other areas of identity and disability, make narrative attempts to neutralize their “deviant” identities. We argue that de-stigmatization has occurred through the successful use of medicalization and assimilation framing of de-stigma discourses. Assimilationist frames increase “liberal” emphasis on actionable outcomes of de-stigma, like cultural access (i.e. inclusion, visibility, representation), and legal justice for marginalized people. Some assimilationist discourse endeavors to situate stigmatized identities inside of conformist frames, while (fewer and less visible) others resist dominant frames of acceptability.

摘要

本文探讨了污名化话语在21世纪初的美国，作为社会和政治策略以及叙事性的社会运动而已。我们认为，在新世纪的前几十年中，许多类别的演员被边缘化的趋势，包括同性恋婚姻，毒品，（可分散的）精神疾病和（不可信的）身份和残疾的其他领域，都在叙事性尝试中消除了他们的“偏差”。身份。我们认为去污名化是通过成功使用医疗化和去污化话语的同化框架而发生的。同化主义框架增加了对污名化的可操作结果的“自由”强调，例如文化获取（即包容，能见度，代表制）和边缘化人群的法律公正。