Ramanathan Bodies and Language

Health, Ailments, Disabilities
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84769-237-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

Focusing on body conditions associated with breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy, partial hearing and autism, this book draws on a range of critical theories to contest collectively assembled notions of ‘abnormality,’ ‘disability’ and ‘impairments’ and ways in which they emerge through language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramanathan, Vaidehi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why bodies matter Chapter 2: On metaprescriptive utterances: cancer, breasts, and gazes Chapter 3: Scripting selves: (auto) bio-graphical writing of Alzheimer patients and caregivers Chapter 4: Poststructuralist discourses and chronic ailments: diabetes, epilepsy and body breakdowns Chapter 5: Communication challenges: autism, partial hearing and parental choices Chapter 6: Texts and meaning-making: critical revisitations in disability-related research Chapter 7: Critical ailment research in applied socio-linguistics: power, perception, and social change

Über Autor(innen)

Ramanathan Vaidehi:
Vaidehi Ramanathan is Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics at University of California, Davis, USA. Her previous publications include Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship: Rights, Access, Pedagogies (Multilingual Matters, 2013) and Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities (Multilingual Matters, 2009).Vaidehi Ramanathan is a professor of applied sociolinguistics in the department of linguistics at the University of California, Davis. Her previous publications include: Alzheimer Discourse: Some Sociolinguistics Dimensions (LEA 1997), The Politics of TESOL Education: Writing, Knowledge, critical pedagogy (2002, Routledge), and The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Multilingual Matters, 2005).