Synopses & Reviews
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.
About the Author
Andrea Mayr is at University of Glasgow.
Table of Contents
Introduction Research Context, Methods and Data Collection Critical Discourse Analysis and the Language of Social Control Critical Discourse Analysis and the Study of Officer-Inmate Interaction: Social Control in Action Resisting and Acquiescing in Social Control Conclusions Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Index
A Social Theory of Discourse * The Research Context, Methodology and Data Collection * Critical Discourse Analysis and the Language of Social Control * Critical Discourse Analysis and the Study of Officer-Inmate Interaction * Resisting and Acquiescing in Social Control * Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research * Bibliography * Index