ISBN:
9781403918543
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xii, 276 seiten)
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DDC:
306.39999999999998
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Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Editors' Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 The Body as an Interactional Resource -- 2 The Body in Action -- 3 Transcending the Object in Embodied Interaction -- 4 Flirting -- Part 2 Ideological Representations of the Body -- 5 Ageing Bodies: Aged by Culture -- 6 Tales of Outrage and the Everyday: Fear of Crime and Bodies at Risk -- 7 Ageist Ideology and Discourses of Control in Skincare Product Marketing -- 8 Talking Bodies: Invoking the Ideal in the BBC Naked Programme -- 9 Bodies Exposed: A Cross-cultural Semiotic Comparison of the 'Saunaland' in Germany and Britain -- Part 3 The Body, Pathology and Constructions of Selfhood -- 10 Processes of Refiguration: Shifting Identities in Cancer Narratives -- 11 The Statistical Body -- 12 'I am Normal on the 'Net': Disability, Computerised Communication Technologies and the Embodied Self -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
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