Bodies and language health, ailments, disabilities / Vaidehi Ramanathan.

Author/creator Ramanathan, Vaidehi, 1965-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters,
Descriptionix, 136 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-134) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009033793
ISBN9781847692368 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN9781847692351 (pbk : alk. paper)