<div dir="ltr">Showing my age here, but Erve Goffman keeps coming to mind, especially as he combines "presentation of self" with "forms of talk." Phil Manning did an overview of his work – see URL below.<div><br></div><div>Hope that helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Erving-Goffman-Sociology-Contemporary-Thinkers/dp/0804720266/ref=sr_1_36?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487358064&sr=1-36&keywords=erving+goffman">https://www.amazon.com/Erving-Goffman-Sociology-Contemporary-Thinkers/dp/0804720266/ref=sr_1_36?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487358064&sr=1-36&keywords=erving+goffman</a><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Peterson, Leighton C. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lpeterson@miamioh.edu" target="_blank">lpeterson@miamioh.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello All,<br>
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I have a student working on a project we are tentatively calling "Narratives and Performances of Wellness," where she is interested in how participants in an organized arts/music group mask ailments, injury, or other things to maintain status and ensure continued participation in the group.  Methodologically we are not having an issue (but if you have suggestions, please advise!). However, we are having a bit of a problem locating linganth/siociolinguistic/ling<wbr>uistic work related to the subject matter at hand.  Any resources you could suggest would be most appreciated.<br>
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best,<br>
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leighton<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Leighton C. Peterson, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor of Anthropology<br>
Miami University<br>
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