Discourse, the Body, and Identity
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 276 pages
978-1-349-42894-6 (ISBN)
Description
The 'body' and 'discourse' seem diametrically opposed, but we interact with our bodies and represent ourselves and our relationships in bodily terms. This volume integrates new studies by leading researchers in sociolinguistics, sociology, social psychology and cultural theory. It explores the many interfaces of body and discourse, organized under three main themes: the body as an interactional resource; ideological representations of the body; and discursive constructions of the body in normal and pathological contexts.
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Edition
1st ed. 2003
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XII, 276 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-42894-6 (9781349428946)
DOI
10.1057/9781403918543
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
J. Coupland | R. Gwyn
Discourse, the Body, and Identity
Book
12/2002
Palgrave Macmillan
€106.99
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Persons
JANET COTTERILL Lecturer in Language and Communication, Cardiff University
CHARLES GOODWIN Professor of Applied Linguistics, UCLA
CHRISTIAN HEATH Professor in the Management Centre, King's College London
JON HINDMARSH Research Fellow, King's College London
ADAM JAWORSKI Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
DEBORAH LUPTON Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies, Charles Sturt University
ULRIKE HANNA MEINHOF Chair of Cultural Studies, University of Bradford
ALAN RADLEY Professor of Social Psychology, Loughborough University
JOHN TULLOCH Professor of Media Communication, Cardiff University
MARIAN TULLOCH Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Charles Sturt University
KATHLEEN WOODWARD Professor of English and Modern Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Content
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction; J.Coupland & R.Gwyn PART I: THE BODY AS AN INTERACTIONAL RESOURCE The Body in Action; C.Goodwin Transcending the Object in Embodied Interaction; J.Hindmarsh & C.Heath Flirting; A.Radley PART II: IDEOLOGICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BODY Ageing Bodies, Aged by Culture; M.Hepworth Tales of Outrage and the Everyday: Fear of Crime and Bodies at Risk; M.Tulloch & J.Tulloch Ageist Ideology and Discourses of Control in Skin Care Product Marketing; J.Coupland Talking Bodies: Invoking the Ideal in the BBC Naked Programme; A.Jaworski Bodies Exposed: A Cross-Cultural Semiotic Comparison of Saunas; U.Meinhof PART III: THE BODY, PATHOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF SELFHOOD Processes of Re-figuration: Shifting Identities in Cancer Narratives; R.Gwyn The Statistical Body; K.Woodward 'I am Normal on the Net': Disability, Computerized Communication Technologies and the Embodied Self; D.Lupton