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Constructing a productive other : discourse theory and the convention refugee hearing /

This book is a description of the process of constructing a productive Other for the purpose of being admitted to Canada as a Convention refugee. The whole claiming procedure is analyzed with respect to two actual cases, and contextualized by reference to pertinent national and international jurispr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barsky, Robert F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1994.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 29.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: The Construction of the Other
  • 2. The Chronotope for the Convention Refugee Hearing
  • 3. Interpreting and Transcribing the Other
  • 4. The Opening Section: The Discursive Paradigm
  • 5. The Middle Section: The Life Story
  • 6. The Closing Section: The un-Dialogic Other
  • 7. The Implicit and Explicit Criteria for Rendering the Decision: The Woman as Witness and The Appeal Case
  • 8. Conclusion: The Destruction of the Self.