Bodies and Language : Health, Ailments, Disabilities /

"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 '...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramanathan, Vaidehi, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2010.
Temas:
Social medicine.
Sociolinguistics.
Sociology of disability.
Body language.
Language and languages.
Posture.
Kinesics
Disease > psychology
Human Body
Language
Posture
Sociolinguistique.
Handicap > Aspect sociologique.
Langage du corps.
Langage et langues.
sociolinguistics.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Language and languages
Body language
Social medicine
Sociolinguistics
Sociology of disability
Behinderung
Begriff
Soziolinguistik
Anomalie > Medizin
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : why bodies matter
  • On metaprescriptive utterances : cancer, breasts and gazes
  • Scripting selves : (auto)biographical writing of Alzheimer patients and caregivers
  • Poststructuralist discourses and chronic ailments : (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy and body breakdowns
  • Communication challenges : autism, partial hearing and parental choices
  • Texts and meaning-making : critical revisitations in ailment/disability-related research
  • Critical ailment research in applied sociolinguistics : power, perception and social change.

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