Discourse Theory and Practice : a Reader /
Margaret Wetherell, Stephanie Taylor and Simeon J. Yates.
- London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 2001.
- ix, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Published in association with The Open University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS AND BUILDING BLOCKS Editor's Introduction / 1. Themes in Discourse Research: The Case of Diana / 2. From Saussure to Critical Sociolinguistics: The Turn Towards a Social View of Language / 3. Wittgenstein and Austin / 4. Goffman, Garfinkel and Conversation Analysis / 5. The Ethnography of Speaking: Sapir/Whorf, Hymes and Moerman / 6. Language, Struggle and Voice: The Bakhtin/Volosinov Writings / 7. Foucault: Power, Knowledge and Discourse / Margaret Wetherell Margaret Wetherell Gunther Kress Jonathan Potter John Heritage Kristine Fitch Janet Maybin Stuart Hall PART TWO: SOCIAL INTERACTION Editor's Introduction / 8. Footing / 9. Lecture 1: Rules of Conversational Sequence / 10. The Construction of "Delicate' Objects in Counselling / 11. Interethnic Communication / 12. The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender and Dominance / 13. Just Say No? The Use of Conversation Analysis in Developing a Feminist Perspective on Sexual Refusal / Simeon J. Yates Erving Goffman Harvey Sacks David Silverman John Gumperz Deborah Tannen Celia Kitzinger and Hanna Frith PART THREE: MINDS, SELVES AND SENSE MAKING Editor's Introduction / 14. Unfolding Discourse Analysis / 15. Discursive, Rhetorical and Ideological Messages / 16. The Multivoicedness of Meaning / 17. Emotion / 18. Self-Narration in Social Life / 19. Positioning: The Discursive Production of Selves / 20. Gender Difference and the Production of Subjectivity / Margaret Wetherell Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell Michael Billig James Wertsch Derek Edwards Kenneth Gergen Bronwyn Davies and Rom Harré Wendy Hollway PART FOUR: CULTURE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS Editor's Introduction / 21. Social Semiotics / 22. Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis / 23. Textualizing Global Politics / 24. The Spectacle of the Other / 25. The Construction of an LD Student: A Case Study in the Politics of Representation / 26. The Tavistock Programme: The Government of Subjectivity and Social Life / Margaret Wetherell Robert Hodge and Gunther Kress Teun Van Dijk Michael Shapiro Stuart Hall Hugh Mehan Peter Miller and Nikolas Rose CONCLUSION 27. Debates in Discourse Research / Margaret Wetherell
"Discourse Theory and Practice is much more than a collection of key classic articles and papers in the field of discourse analysis. The aim of the book is to introduce students to the major figures in the field, and to some of their writings which, combined with the interspersed editorial commentaries, should allow students to understand the key epistemological and methodological issues of discourse theory and practice. The Reader is organized into four coherent parts, namely: Foundations and Building Blocks; Social Interaction; Minds, Selves and Sense-Making; and Culture and Social Relations. Key readings include works by Stuart Hall, Jonathan Potter, David Silverman, Erving Goffman, Teun van Dijk, Derek Edwards and Michael Billig. Chapters introduce the student to each individual and their reading, contextualizing each in terms of their contribution to the field, theoretical standpoint and individual method of doing discourse analysis. The many didactic elements of the book make it ideal as an introduction to the study of discourse for all students of psychology, sociology, linguistics or cultural studies." (Publisher's Website)