Discourse and silencing :: representation and the language of displacement /

Silencing is not only a physically coercive act. It is also an act of language involving forms of selection, representation and compliance. Discourse and Silencing weaves together theories and examples of discourse from different disciplines in order to put forward a theory of silencing in language:...

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Weitere Verfasser: Thiesmeyer, Lynn
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003.
Schriftenreihe:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 5.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung:Silencing is not only a physically coercive act. It is also an act of language involving forms of selection, representation and compliance. Discourse and Silencing weaves together theories and examples of discourse from different disciplines in order to put forward a theory of silencing in language: that discursive systems filter, represent and displace types of knowledge into other forms of expression. Each chapter of the book analyses examples of silencing through discourse in various social and political fields. The examples cover courtroom trials, government censorship, domestic violence, m.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 315 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027296320
9027296324
9027226954
9789027226952
158811385X
9781588113856
1282161083
9781282161085
ISSN:1569-9463 ;

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