Prison Discourse

Language as a Means of Control and Resistance
2004. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-333-99335-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mayr, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Research Context, Methods and Data Collection Critical Discourse Analysis and the Language of Social Control Critical Discourse Analysis and the Study of Officer-Inmate Interaction: Social Control in Action Resisting and Acquiescing in Social Control Conclusions Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

ANDREA MAYR is a Lecturer in the Department of German Language and Literature at Glasgow University.