American Shame

Stigma and the Body Politic

Myra Mendible, Karen Weingarten, Daniel McNeil , Leah Perry

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Indiana University Press
29 March 2016

History; Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

On any given day in America's news cycle, stories and images of disgraced politicians and celebrities solicit our moral indignation, their misdeeds fueling a lucrative economy of shame and scandal. Shame is one of the most coercive, painful, and intriguing of human emotions. Only in recent years has interest in shame extended beyond a focus on the subjective experience of this emotion and its psychological effects. The essays collected here consider the role of shame as cultural practice and examine ways that public shaming practices enforce conformity and group coherence. Addressing abortion, mental illness, suicide, immigration, and body image among other issues, this volume calls attention to the ways shaming practices create and police social boundaries; how shaming speech is endorsed, judged, or challenged by various groups; and the distinct ways that shame is encoded and embodied in a nation that prides itself on individualism, diversity, and exceptionalism. Examining shame through a prism of race, sexuality, ethnicity, and gender, these provocative essays offer a broader understanding of how America's discourse of shame helps to define its people as citizens, spectators, consumers, and moral actors.

Contributions by: Karen Weingarten, Daniel McNeil, Leah Perry, Frances Negrón-Muntaner
Edited by: Myra Mendible
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9780253019820
ISBN 10: 0253019826
Pages: 298
Publication Date: 29 March 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Myra Mendible is Professor in the Languages and Literature Department at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers. She is editor of From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Culture and Race 2008: Critical Reflections on an Historic Campaign.

Reviews for American Shame: Stigma and the Body Politic

An eclectic anthology, it offers the readers more than one argument and perspective, which makes the volume itself lively and rich. -Ron Scapp, coeditor of Fashion Statements: On Style, Appearance, and Reality