Irvine Leslie, Kahl Kristina N, Smith Jesse M
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Sociol Q. 2012;53(1):25-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01224.x.
This study examines the interactions between homeless pet owners and the domiciled public with a focus on how the activities of pet ownership help construct positive personal identities. Homeless people are often criticized for having pets. They counter these attacks using open and contained responses to stigmatization. More often, they redefine pet ownership to incorporate how they provide for their animals, challenging definitions that require a physical home. Homeless pet owners thus create a positive moral identity by emphasizing that they feed their animals first and give them freedom that the pets of the domiciled lack. Through what we call “enabled resistance,” donations of pet food from the supportive public provide the resources to minimize the impact of stigmatization.
本研究考察了无家可归的宠物主人与居家公众之间的互动，重点关注养宠物的行为如何有助于构建积极的个人身份认同。无家可归者养宠物常常受到指责。他们通过公开且克制的方式应对污名化，以反击这些指责。更常见的是，他们重新定义养宠物的行为，将如何照顾自己的动物纳入其中，对需要有固定住所的定义提出挑战。因此，无家可归的宠物主人通过强调他们首先喂养自己的动物，并给予它们居家宠物所缺乏的自由，创造了一种积极的道德身份认同。通过我们所称的“赋能抵抗”，来自支持他们的公众的宠物食品捐赠提供了资源，以尽量减少污名化的影响。
