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<DIV>Another new book announcement.</DIV>
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<DIV>Published end March 2006:<BR><BR>Benwell, B., & Stokoe, E. (2006).
<EM>Discourse and Identity</EM>. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.</DIV>
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<DIV>The book is aimed at advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and academics
interested in analyzing identity, and includes a strong focus on gender
throughout.</DIV>
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<DIV>Reviews:</DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Engaging with a range of current theories and
methods of discourse analysis, <I>Discourse and Identity </I>offers a critical
overview of the ways in which researchers have approached the concept of
identity. Benwell and Stokoe draw on an impressive variety of discourse
contexts, from ordinary conversation among friends to magazine advertisements,
from online interaction to talk about the neighbors. While <I>Discourse and</I>
<I>Identity </I>illustrates a number of different approaches in depth, including
discursive psychology, critical discourse analysis, and several types of
narrative analysis, the book’s particular strength is in demonstrating the
techniques and advantages of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis as tools
for illuminating the workings of identity as an interactional achievement.
Students and scholars alike will find the text a helpful resource in navigating
the broad field of discourse and identity research."</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">“Benwell and Stokoe have produced
an indispensable guide for any student or scholar interested in discourse and
identity. This is a deft and highly accessible overview of a complex emerging
body of knowledge. The authors move confidently, with great panache, from social
theory to the micro details of linguistic analysis, taking in the latest work on
spatial, virtual and commodified identities along the way. A neat and
illuminating example can be found on every page, along with an important insight
and an original line of argument. <I>Discourse and Identity</I> is the first
scholarly map of the field and is a ‘must own book’ for every identity
researcher.”</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Professor Margaret Wetherell,
Director ESRC Identities Programme, Social Sciences, Open University.</P>
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<DIV>-------------------------------------------------------<BR>Dr Elizabeth
Stokoe<BR>Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology<BR>Room U3.02, Brockington
Building<BR>Loughborough University<BR>Loughborough<BR>Leicestershire LE11
3TU<BR>+44(0)1509 223360<BR><A
href="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/depstaff/staff/stokoe.html">www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/depstaff/staff/stokoe.html</A><BR>-------------------------------------------------------</DIV></BODY></HTML>