Prison Discourse: Language as a Means of Control and Resistance - Hardcover

Mayr, A.

 
9780333993354: Prison Discourse: Language as a Means of Control and Resistance
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0333993357 ISBN 13: 9780333993354
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0333993357
ISBN 13 
9780333993354
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
269

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