Discourse, the Body, and Identity

by J. Coupland (Editor), R. Gwyn (Editor)

Overview

The 'body' and 'discourse' seem diametrically opposed, but we interact with our bodies and represent ourselves and our relationships in bodily terms. This volume integrates new studies by leading researchers in sociolinguistics, sociology, social psychology and cultural theory. It explores the many interfaces of body and discourse, organized under three main themes: the body as an interactional resource; ideological representations of the body; and discursive constructions of the body in normal and pathological contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349428946
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Edition description:	1st ed. 2003
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

JANET COTTERILL Lecturer in Language and Communication, Cardiff University CHARLES GOODWIN Professor of Applied Linguistics, UCLA CHRISTIAN HEATH Professor in the Management Centre, King's College London JON HINDMARSH Research Fellow, King's College London ADAM JAWORSKI Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University DEBORAH LUPTON Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies, Charles Sturt University ULRIKE HANNA MEINHOF Chair of Cultural Studies, University of Bradford ALAN RADLEY Professor of Social Psychology, Loughborough University JOHN TULLOCH Professor of Media Communication, Cardiff University MARIAN TULLOCH Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Charles Sturt University KATHLEEN WOODWARD Professor of English and Modern Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction; J.Coupland & R.Gwyn PART I: THE BODY AS AN INTERACTIONAL RESOURCE The Body in Action; C.Goodwin Transcending the Object in Embodied Interaction; J.Hindmarsh & C.Heath Flirting; A.Radley PART II: IDEOLOGICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BODY Ageing Bodies, Aged by Culture; M.Hepworth Tales of Outrage and the Everyday: Fear of Crime and Bodies at Risk; M.Tulloch & J.Tulloch Ageist Ideology and Discourses of Control in Skin Care Product Marketing; J.Coupland Talking Bodies: Invoking the Ideal in the BBC Naked Programme; A.Jaworski Bodies Exposed: A Cross-Cultural Semiotic Comparison of Saunas; U.Meinhof PART III: THE BODY, PATHOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF SELFHOOD Processes of Re-figuration: Shifting Identities in Cancer Narratives; R.Gwyn The Statistical Body; K.Woodward 'I am Normal on the Net': Disability, Computerized Communication Technologies and the Embodied Self; D.Lupton