TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ray C.H. Leung
PY  - 2017
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631737880
TI  - Institutional Construction of Gamblers’ Identities
T2  - A Critical Multi-method Discourse Study
DO  - 10.3726/b12343
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1062401
N2  - This monograph is a pioneering discourse-oriented study on gambling. Adopting the approach of critical discourse analysis (CDA), it analyzes how gamblers’ identities are constructed through discourse by social institutions. The data consist of newspaper forum letters, gamblers’ monologues released by a state gambling regulatory agency, and materials on problem/pathological gambling published by medical professionals. Incorporating a variety of analytical frameworks from prior researchers into the study, the author offers concrete linguistic evidence on the essential complementary ontological presence of institutional power holders and the «docile bodies» (Foucault, 1977) for societal functioning and the maintenance of social stability.
KW  - Discourse analysis, Applied linguistics, Social institutions, Singapore, Medical professionals
LA  - English
ER  -