Prison Discourse: Language as a Means of Control and Resistance
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Language
- English
- Category
- Linguistics
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-10
- 0333993357
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Prison Discourse: Language as a Means of Control and Resistance
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ISBN: 0333993357
Author: Mayr, A.
Condition: New
With unique and powerful data from within a big city prison, this book clarifies the role that conversational analysis can have within a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective. In a detailed linguistic analysis of the language use of prison officers and prisoners involved in a prison based course, the author charts the shifting power relations of control and resistance and situates the findings in a broader sociological analysis of the prison as an institution. The study will interest sociolinguists, discourse analysts, and researchers in communication studies, criminology and counselling.
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