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Disability and anticipatory discourse: The interconnectedness of local and global aspects of talk.
- Source :
- Communication & Medicine (De Gruyter); 2006, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p101-112, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- In this paper, I use nexus analysis framework to examine how one quadriplegic man from Oman, named Yahya, directs the course of his present (and his future) through anticipatory discourse. In particular, I analyze conversations between Yahya and me regarding his future as they relate to actions I undertake on his behalf to effect a social change: to secure Yahya, an unmarried man, a permit to hire his own resident nurse/assistant (permits for such hirings are reserved only for married couples in Oman). I demonstrate how Yahya influences me to follow his agenda through constructing a helpless identity in narrative discourse. Reciprocally, I suggest that through the actions Yahya's caregivers subsequently undertake, they succeed in giving him a sense of control over an important aspect of his life (being able to hire his own assistant), and I demonstrate how Yahya subsequently displays agentivity in his narratives. I thus illustrate the interconnectedness of Yahya's anticipatory discourse and his caregivers' (macro-level) actions that cause societal change, as well as the interconnectedness of these actions and the kinds of selves Yahya constructs through anticipatory discourse in private (micro-level) interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16121783
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Communication & Medicine (De Gruyter)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23244939
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/CAM.2006.013