Prison Discourse: Language as a Means of Control and Resistance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349431991)

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.

Author: A. Mayr
ISBN-10: 1349431990
ISBN-13: 9781349431991
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 257
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d