| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 136 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : why bodies matter -- On metaprescriptive utterances : cancer, breasts and gazes -- Scripting selves : (auto)biographical writing of Alzheimer patients and caregivers -- Poststructuralist discourses and chronic ailments : (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy and body breakdowns -- Communication challenges : autism, partial hearing and parental choices -- Texts and meaning-making : critical revisitations in ailment/disability-related research -- Critical ailment research in applied sociolinguistics : power, perception and social change |
| Summary |
"Focusing on body conditions associated with breast cancer, Alzheimer's disease, (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy, partial hearing and autism, this book draws on a range of critical theories to contest collectively assembled notions of 'abnormality, ' 'disability' and 'impairments' and ways in which they emerge through language"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Social medicine.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociology of disability.
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Body language.
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Language and languages.
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Posture.
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Kinesics
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Disease -- psychology
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Human Body
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Language
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Posture
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sociolinguistics.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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Posture
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Language and languages
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Body language
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Social medicine
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Sociolinguistics
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Sociology of disability
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Behinderung
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Begriff
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Soziolinguistik
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Anomalie Medizin
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Social medicine.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociology of disability.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009033793 |
| ISBN |
9781847692375 |
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1847692370 |
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1847693873 |
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9781847693877 |
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1282657054 |
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9781282657052 |
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9786612657054 |
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6612657057 |
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