Gender and the language of illness
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Gender and the language of illness
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244) and index
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Description
An investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Gender and the Language of Illness Methods for Investigating Gender and Language Men's Traditional Discourse of Illness: Distancing and Avoidance A Feminine Discourse of Illness: Transformation and Modality Emotional Disclosure: Socio-Economic Classification, Age and Gender Experience of Support: Gender, Social Class and Age Illness Type and Gender Conclusion Appendix 1 - Men's Key Concepts (full matched sample) Appendix 2 - Women's Key Concepts (full matched sample) Appendix 3 - Significance levels for log likelihood test Appendix 4 - Demographic Sample of the British National Corpus References Index
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