Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter

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Ramanathan, Vaidehi. "Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter". Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities, Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2009, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847692375-002

Ramanathan, V. (2009). Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter. In Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities (pp. 1-17). Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847692375-002

Ramanathan, V. 2009. Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter. Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847692375-002

Ramanathan, Vaidehi. "Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter" In Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities, 1-17. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2009. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847692375-002

Ramanathan V. Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter. In: Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters; 2009. p.1-17. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847692375-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter 1
Chapter 2: On Metaprescriptive Utterances: Cancer, Breasts and Gazes 18
Chapter 3: Scripting Selves: (Auto)Biographical Writing of Alzheimer Patients and Caregivers 40
Chapter 4: Poststructuralist Discourses and Chronic Ailments: (Type-1) Diabetes, Epilepsy and Body Breakdowns 60
Chapter 5: Communication Challenges: Autism, Partial Hearing and Parental Choices 80
Chapter 6: Texts and Meaning-Making: Critical Revisitations in Ailment/ Disability-Related Research 95
Chapter 7: Critical Ailment Research in Applied Sociolinguistics: Power, Perception and Social Change 117
References 125
Index 135

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Bodies Matter 1
Chapter 2: On Metaprescriptive Utterances: Cancer, Breasts and Gazes 18
Chapter 3: Scripting Selves: (Auto)Biographical Writing of Alzheimer Patients and Caregivers 40
Chapter 4: Poststructuralist Discourses and Chronic Ailments: (Type-1) Diabetes, Epilepsy and Body Breakdowns 60
Chapter 5: Communication Challenges: Autism, Partial Hearing and Parental Choices 80
Chapter 6: Texts and Meaning-Making: Critical Revisitations in Ailment/ Disability-Related Research 95
Chapter 7: Critical Ailment Research in Applied Sociolinguistics: Power, Perception and Social Change 117
References 125
Index 135

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