Language, Body, and Health

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2012

Language, Body, and Health

Edited by: Paul McPherron and Vaidehi Ramanathan

Volume 2 in the series Language and Social Processes [LSP]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781934078204

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About this book

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".

Introduces discourses around bodies per se into language-related research, a realm that previous research has not directly engaged
Initiates discussions about bodies by critically addressing the language by which experiences around bodily breakdowns and ailments occur
Seeks to bring in perspectives from a range of disciplines including disability studies, comparative literature, anthropology, gerontology, and occupational therapy

Author / Editor information

Paul McPherron, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA; Vaidehi Ramanathan, University of California at Davis, USA.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Chapter 1. Language, body, and health: An introduction Paul McPherron and Vaidehi Ramanathan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Bodies and communication
Chapter 2. Community, controversy, and compromise: The language of visual impairment David Bolt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3. Rebuilding the body: Biomedical and societal discourses and the decision to perform a living-donor organ transplant surgery Paul McPherron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 4. Reading “intentions”: Communication challenges for parents of children with autism and partial hearing Vaidehi Ramanathan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Part 2. Bodies and cognitive “impairments”
Chapter 5. Intentional stance and Lucinda Greystone: Embodied memory in conversational reminiscence by a speaker with Alzheimer’s Disease Boyd Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 6. Body in autism: A view from social interaction Olga Solomon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Part 3. Bodies and chronic ailments
Chapter 7. Negotiating the invisible: Two women making sense of chronic illness through narrative Hanako Okada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter 8 “Training your taste buds”: The language of success in diabetes “self-efficacy” Catherine Evans Davies, Linda L. Knol and Lori W. Turner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Part 4. Bodies and body performances
Chapter 9. The discursive construction of the female body in family planning pamphlets Busi Makoni and Sinfree Makoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Chapter 10. Blood talk: A discursive perspective on transcultural identity and mental health Matthew T. Prior Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Chapter 11. Body act: Contemporary Chinese body performance, critical narrative, and somatic writing Fei Shi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Chapter 12. Bodies and applied linguistics: The challenge of theory Tim McNamara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Applied linguists, Applied sociolinguists, Graduate students in courses of discourse analysis, Medical care providers interested in societal response to health care issues.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 27
- Tables: 3
Keywords: Applied linguistics; Applied sociolinguistics; Discourse analysis

eBook

Published: November 30, 2011
ISBN: 9781934078204

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2011
ISBN: 9781934078198