Language, body, and health / edited by Paul McPherron, Vaidehi Ramanathan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McPherron, Paul, 1975-

Ramanathan, Vaidehi, 1965-

Series:

Language & social processes ; 2.

Language and social processes, 2192-2128 ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in medicine.

Human body and language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. The present volume represents a departure from other works in at least two ways. First, it brings in discourses around bodies per se into language-related research, a realm that previous research has not directly engaged. Second, it ushers in discussions about bodies by critically addressing the language by which experiences around bodily breakdowns and ailments occur. Calling attention to a host of discourses - biomedical, societal, poststructuralist - and drawing on a variety of disciplinary perspectives, critical theories, ethnographically gathered materials, and extant data, 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".

Contents:

pt. 1. Bodies and communication

pt. 2. Bodies and cognitive "impairments"

pt. 3. Bodies and chronic ailments

pt. 4. Bodies and body performances.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613396327

9781283396325

1283396327

9781934078204

1934078204

OCLC:

769343090