Abnormality and Stigmatization in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting
The article proposes a reading of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting that parts from previous criticism that mostly concerned itself with debating a supposed glamorization of heroin abuse. Instead, this article focuses on the discursive mechanisms that classify the novel’s characters as abnormal subjects...
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INTERSEDES326652021-06-09T20:07:05Z Abnormality and Stigmatization in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting Gutiérrez Sibaja, Alfonso abnormality stigma psychiatric discourse normalization mechanomorphism The article proposes a reading of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting that parts from previous criticism that mostly concerned itself with debating a supposed glamorization of heroin abuse. Instead, this article focuses on the discursive mechanisms that classify the novel’s characters as abnormal subjects with a created need to be disciplined and normalized. Specifically, it addresses Mark Renton’s classification as abnormal in terms of ideology and drug addiction and how such labeling is related to stigmatization. Theoretical considerations regarding abnormality, stigmatization and the psychiatric discourse from the works of Michel Foucault, Erwin Goffman and Thomas Szasz are incorporated to the discussion of Mark Renton’s mechanomorphist construction and its violent implications. Universidad de Costa Rica 2018-03-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Artículo application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/intersedes/article/view/32665 10.15517/isucr.v18i38.32665 InterSedes; Vol. 18 No. 38 (2017) InterSedes; Vol. 18 Núm. 38 (2017) InterSedes; v. 18 n. 38 (2017) Intersedes; Vol. 18 N.º 38 (2017) 2215-2458 1409-4746 10.15517/isucr.v18i38 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/intersedes/article/view/32665/32215 10.15517/isucr.v18i38.32665.g32215 |
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The article proposes a reading of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting that parts from previous criticism that mostly concerned itself with debating a supposed glamorization of heroin abuse. Instead, this article focuses on the discursive mechanisms that classify the novel’s characters as abnormal subjects with a created need to be disciplined and normalized. Specifically, it addresses Mark Renton’s classification as abnormal in terms of ideology and drug addiction and how such labeling is related to stigmatization. Theoretical considerations regarding abnormality, stigmatization and the psychiatric discourse from the works of Michel Foucault, Erwin Goffman and Thomas Szasz are incorporated to the discussion of Mark Renton’s mechanomorphist construction and its violent implications. |
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Abnormality and Stigmatization in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting |
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Abnormality and Stigmatization in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting |
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