Prison Discourse: Language as a Means of Control and Resistance

Mayr, A.

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2003-12-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333993354

DOI: 10.1057/9780230511965

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 257