Prison Discourse: Language as a Means of Control and Resistance

ISBN-13: 9780333993354 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication date: 12/19/2003 Edition description: 2004 Pages: 257 Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d) 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.