Libro Institutional Construction of Gamblers' Identities: A Critical Multi-Method Discourse Study (Potsdam De Ray C.H. Leung

portada Institutional Construction of Gamblers' Identities: A Critical Multi-Method Discourse Study (Potsdam Linguistic Investigations)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Peter Lang Ag

Autor

Ray C.H. Leung

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

237

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9783631737149

Categorías

Alemán
Aprendizaje de idiomas

Institutional Construction of Gamblers' Identities: A Critical Multi-Method Discourse Study (Potsdam Linguistic Investigations)

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This monograph is a pioneering discourse-oriented study on gambling. Adopting the approach of critical discourse analysis (CDA), it analyzes how gamblers' identities are constructed through discourse by social institutions. The data consist of newspaper forum letters, gamblers' monologues released by a state gambling regulatory agency, and materials on problem/pathological gambling published by medical professionals. Incorporating a variety of analytical frameworks from prior researchers into the study, the author offers concrete linguistic evidence on the essential complementary ontological presence of institutional power holders and the "docile bodies" (Foucault, 1977) for societal functioning and the maintenance of social stability.