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Outsiders (original 1963; edition 1997)

by Howard S. Becker

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One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the mid-20th century, Howard S. Becker's Outsiders is a thorough exploration of social deviance and how it can be addressed in an understanding and helpful manner. A compulsively readable and thoroughly researched exploration of social deviance and the application of what is known as "labeling theory" to the studies of deviance. With particular research into drug culture, Outsiders analyzes unconventional individuals and their place in normal society.… (more)
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Title:Outsiders
Authors:Howard S. Becker
Info:Free Press (1997), Edition: New Ed, Paperback, 224 pages
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Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance by Robert S. Becker (1963)

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¿Qué pueden tener en común un asesinato y Mozart? En un caso se trata de un hecho condenable y en el otro del paradigma de la genialidad. En ambos, sin embargo, se juega el poder de las etiquetas para estigmatizar o asegurar prestigio a alguien considerado "fuera de lo normal". Señalar a una persona como genial no suele ser un problema, pero rotularla como delincuente implica convertirla en outsider, no importa en qué haya consistido su falta: exceso de alcohol, consumo de drogas o crimen. ( )
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‘Sometimes I ain’t so sho who’s got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he ain’t. Sometimes I think it ain’t none of us pure crazy and ain’t none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it ain’t so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.’

—William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
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One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the mid-20th century, Howard S. Becker's Outsiders is a thorough exploration of social deviance and how it can be addressed in an understanding and helpful manner. A compulsively readable and thoroughly researched exploration of social deviance and the application of what is known as "labeling theory" to the studies of deviance. With particular research into drug culture, Outsiders analyzes unconventional individuals and their place in normal society.

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