Guest guest Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 Along similar lines, there's a interesting article on Medscape called " Dermatology in the Cinema " which discusses the striking dermatological differences between heroic and malevolent characters in film. The author also discusses popular actors and actresses with common dermatological disorders (rosacea, acne, sun damage, melasma, etc.) and the messages sent to society as their images are airbrushed and altered their images to perfection. The article is at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/433420 (you may have to register with Medscape to read it). The author, a dermatologist, also has a very extensive website on the topic at www.skinema.com. > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 00:24:40 -0700 > >Subject: Re: Stigmatization & cea > >Beginning with " the mutant nose of Spain " post, a thread has developed >around stigma, feeling " mutant " , deformed, ashamed, polluted, etc. There is >a lot of good literature on this in the social sciences. It shows up again >and again in cultural anthropology. Sontag wrote a book called > " Illness as Metaphor " , Erving Goffman wrote a book called " Stigma " , and >there are many others that examine how stigma works in various social >settings. Understanding a complicated problem is a good first step towards >developing unique and possibly brilliant coping strategies, or examining >already existing dysfunctional coping strategies. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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