1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780559203321

Autore

Doubt Keith

Titolo

Towards a sociology of schizophrenia : humanistic reflections / / Keith Doubt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-281-99741-2

9786611997410

1-4426-8271-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Disciplina

616.8982

Soggetti

Schizophrenia - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Self / George Herbert Mead -- Language / Kenneth Burke -- Role-taking / Morris Rosenberg and Lev Vygotsky -- The individual / Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, and Jorge Luis Borges -- Puns / Kenneth Burke and M.M. Bakhtin -- Action / Max Weber, R.D. Laing, and G.W.F. Hegel.

Sommario/riassunto

"Schizophrenia, at one time considered by many clinicians to be a psychological response to oppressive upbringing, is now generally accepted as a physical illness. While Keith Doubt does not quarrel with this current view, he does challenge the positivistic assumptions that tend to accompany it. Throughout this fascinating survey of the literature on schizophrenia, Doubt presents a critique of society's neglect of those afflicted and promotes a humanistic understanding of them." "Doubt draws on several disciplines and uses the works of such diverse writers as Vygotsky, Piaget, Deleuze, Laing, and Torrey. While he rebukes medical practitioners for ignoring the social dimensions of schizophrenia, he is equally critical of post-modernism's tendency to valorize the mentally ill. Nor does he sympathize with particular sociological approaches which, he believes, emphasize society's reactions to the illness - often at the expense of the afflicted person. Thus, a major part of Doubt's project is to place the individual at the centre of sociological theorizing about schizophrenia." "This thought-



provoking study offers an alternative perspective on schizophrenia to scholars and professionals, as well as to those who live with the disease. Doubt offers practical recommendations, which he hopes will bring relief to sufferers, and helpful insights to those engaged in treating or assisting people with schizophrenia."--Jacket.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974210703321

Autore

Sinkeviciute Valeria

Titolo

Conversational humour and (im)politeness : a pragmatic analysis of social interaction / / Valeria Sinkeviciute

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : John Benjamins, 2019

ISBN

9789027262110 (ebook)

9789027204134 (hbk.)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Topics in humor research ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

158.2

Soggetti

Politeness (Linguistics)

Interpersonal relations

Wit and humor

Teasing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Meanwhile in the world of (im)politeness -- Chapter 3. Data: From corpora to reality television to interviews -- Chapter 4. Conversational humour: Jocular verbal behaviours -- Chapter 5. Jocular verbal behaviours in Australian and British cultural contexts -- Chapter 6. Frontstage and backstage reactions to jocularity -- Chapter 7. Negative evaluations of jocularity -- Chapter 8. Interviewees’ attitudes to jocularity -- Chapter 9. Conclusions -- References -- Subject index.

Sommario/riassunto

Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness is the first systematic study that offers a socio-pragmatic perspective on humorous practices such as teasing, mockery and taking the piss and their relation to (im)politeness. Analysing data from corpora, reality television and



interviews in Australian and British cultural contexts, this book contributes to cross-cultural and intercultural research on humour and its role in social interaction. Although, in both contexts, jocular verbal practices are highly valued and a positive response - the ‘preferred reaction’ - can be expected, the conceptualisation of what is seen as humorous can vary, especially in terms of what ‘goes too far’. By examining how attempts at humour can occasion offence, presenting a distinction between ‘frontstage’ and ‘backstage’ perceptions of jocularity and looking at how language users evaluate jocular behaviours in interaction, this study shows how humour and (im)politeness are co-constructed and negotiated in discourse. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in pragmatics, conversational humour, (im)politeness, intercultural communication, discourse analysis, television studies and interaction in English-speaking contexts.

3.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIORAV0266386

Autore

Negri, Nicola

Titolo

Le politiche contro la povertà in Italia / Nicola Negri, Chiara Saraceno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna, : Il mulino, 1996

ISBN

8815052216

Descrizione fisica

320 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Collana

Studi e ricerche ; 362

Altri autori (Persone)

Saraceno, Chiara

Disciplina

339.4

339.460945

361

361.610945

361.650945

Soggetti

Italia - Politica sociale

Collocazione

POZZO LIB.ECON MON                8411

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia