Bodies and language : health, ailments, disabilities / Vaidehi Ramanathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramanathan, Vaidehi, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Sociolinguistics.

Sociology of disability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter

Chapter 2: On Metaprescriptive Utterances: Cancer, Breasts and Gazes

Chapter 3: Scripting Selves: (Auto)Biographical Writing of Alzheimer Patients and Caregivers

Chapter 4: Poststructuralist Discourses and Chronic Ailments: (Type-1) Diabetes, Epilepsy and Body Breakdowns

Chapter 5: Communication Challenges: Autism, Partial Hearing and Parental Choices

Chapter 6: Texts and Meaning-Making: Critical Revisitations in Ailment/ Disability-Related Research

Chapter 7: Critical Ailment Research in Applied Sociolinguistics: Power, Perception and Social Change

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612657054

9781847693877

1847693873

9781282657052

1282657054

9781847692375

1847692370

OCLC:

593279649