
Language, Body, and Health
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
Published on 30. November 2011
Book
Mixed media product
XII, 280 pages
978-1-934078-94-5 (ISBN)
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Description
This edited book addresses ways in which "bodies"-conceived broadly- get languaged, and ways in which ideas of "normalcy" and "normal" bodies are held in place and reproduced. The articles show how it is through this medium that people with ailments or "unusual" bodies get positioned and slotted in certain ways. Calling attention to a host of discourses- biomedical, societal, poststructuralist- the chapters pierce the general veil of silence that we have collectively drawn regarding how some of our most intimate body (dis)functions impact our everyday living and sense of "normalcy".
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
Walter de Gruyter Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-934078-94-5 (9781934078945)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Paul McPherron, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA; Vaidehi Ramanathan, University of California at Davis, USA.