TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing Stigma
T2 - Young People, Asthma, and the Politics of Chronic Illness
AU - Monaghan, Lee F.
AU - Gabe, Jonathan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - In this article, we explore the relationship between asthma and stigma, drawing on 31 interviews with young people (aged 5–17) in Ireland. Participants with mild to moderate asthma were recruited from Traveller and middle-class settled communities. Themes derived from an abductive approach to data analysis and a critical appreciation of Goffmanesque sociology include asthma as a discreditable stigma, negative social reactions (real, imagined, and anticipated), and stigma management. Going beyond a personal tragedy model, we reflect upon macro-social structures (e.g., ethnicity, class, gender) which underlie stigma and the management of a potentially spoiled identity. This raises issues about the politics of chronic illness, embodying health identities and efforts to tackle stigma in neoliberal times.
AB - In this article, we explore the relationship between asthma and stigma, drawing on 31 interviews with young people (aged 5–17) in Ireland. Participants with mild to moderate asthma were recruited from Traveller and middle-class settled communities. Themes derived from an abductive approach to data analysis and a critical appreciation of Goffmanesque sociology include asthma as a discreditable stigma, negative social reactions (real, imagined, and anticipated), and stigma management. Going beyond a personal tragedy model, we reflect upon macro-social structures (e.g., ethnicity, class, gender) which underlie stigma and the management of a potentially spoiled identity. This raises issues about the politics of chronic illness, embodying health identities and efforts to tackle stigma in neoliberal times.
KW - asthma
KW - Goffman
KW - inequality
KW - Ireland
KW - medical sociology
KW - qualitative interviews
KW - stigma
KW - young people
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059696212&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1049732318808521
DO - 10.1177/1049732318808521
M3 - Article
C2 - 30461359
AN - SCOPUS:85059696212
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 29
SP - 1877
EP - 1889
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 13
ER -