Ramanathan Bodies and Language

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

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

This book critically addresses the role of language in our collective construction of ‘normal’ bodies. Addressing a range of concerns linked with visible and invisible, chronic and terminal conditions, the volume probes issues in and around patient and caregiver accounts. Focussing on body conditions associated with breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy, partial hearing and autism, the book draws on a range of critical theories to contest collectively assembled notions of ‘abnormality,’ ‘disability’ and ‘impairments.’ It also addresses the need for applied sociolinguists to take account of how our researching practices - the texts we produce, the orientations we assume, the theoretical grounds from which we proceed-- create ‘meanings’ about bodies and ‘normalcy,’ and the importance of remaining ever vigilant and civically responsible in what we do or claim to do.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramanathan, Vaidehi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• 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).