vbid/9783631737897

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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.Typham this is the title: Institutional Construction of Gamblers� Identities A Critical Multi-method Discourse Study 1st Edition