Sjölander Annika Egan, Gunnarsson Payne Jenny. Tracking Discourses. Politics, Identity and Social Change

Nordic Academic Press, 2011. — 368 p.Discourse Theory (DT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) are theoretical traditions that have gained intense research interest in recent decades. Both are concerned with critical studies of politics, identity, and social change with a focus on issues of power and language, yet the dialogue between DT and CDA scholars has been negligible until only recently. In this book twelve researchers explore the opportunities presented by an increased exchange of ideas between the two traditions. The authors examine what closer collaboration could offer, both theoretically and empirically, in an interdisciplinary context. The Scandinavian reception, development, and use of DT and CDA are presented for the first time in a concise way. The studies in Tracking Discourses are of pivotal interest to the practical application of theoretical concepts and the empirical analysis of specific discourses based on one or both of the analytical perspectives. The case studies presented are valuable sources for comparison with similar research undertaken in other countries and contexts.Introduction. Comparing Critical Discourse Analysis and Discourse Theory / Annika Egan Sjolander
Critique Disarmed, Ideas Unharmed A Laclauian Approach to Emancipatory Ideas / Jenny Gunnarsson Payne
Reforming Education Gendered Constructions of Future Workers / Sara Carlbaum
Re-Evaluating the Meaning of School Difficulties / Joakim Isaksson
Cameroonian Students in Higher Swedish Education / Jonathan Ngeh
Construction of Paternity Leave in Swedish Television / Mathias Sylwan
Constituting `Real' Cutters A Discourse Theoretical Analysis of Self-Harm and Identity / Anna Johansson
Mediated Discourse Analysis of Pseudonymous Blogging / Stephanie Faye Hendrick
Discursive Construction of a Responsible Corporate Self / Alon Lischinsky
Exploring Ideological Fantasies on the Move / Angelika Sjostedt Landen
Ageing in the Norrlandic Inland / Anna Sofia Lundgren.