Language of Marginality and Subjectivity in a Global Context

Roberta Piazza is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Sussex, UK.Helen Ringrow is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Portsmouth, UK.Sergio Maruenda-Bataller is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Valencia, Spain. Carmen Gregori-Signes is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Valencia, Spain.

• List of ContributorsIntroduction: The Language of Marginality and Subjectivity in a Global Context, Roberta Piazza (University of Sussex, UK), Helen Ringrow (University of Portsmouth, UK), Sergio Maruenda-Bataller (University of Valencia, Spain) and Carmen Gregori-Signes (University of Valencia, Spain) Part I: Narrating the Experience of Marginalisation1. Understanding the Nexus between Problem-Solution Discourse and Stigmatisation in Different Phases of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and United Kingdom: A Case Study, Otto Mponda (University of Roehampton, UK)2. Trauma-Based Care as Marginalizing Practice, Tale Steen-Johnsen, Lisbeth L. Skreland (University of Agder, Norway) and Eric Kimathi (University of Agder, Norway)Part II: Public Discourses and Practices of Marginality3. ‘Dirty You’: The Discourse of Dirt around Travellers and Gypsies in the UK Press, Roberta Piazza (University of Sussex, UK) and Carmina Gregori Signes (Universitat de València, Spain)4. Spurious Language Proximity: Linguistic Marginalisation of Ukrainian Migrants by Polish Institutions, Michal Wanke (University of Opole, Poland), Marcin Deutschmann (University of Opole, Poland), Magdalena Piejko-Plonka (University of Opole, Poland) and Clara Kleininger (University of Exeter, UK) 5. ‘Why Aren’t You Learning Anything?’ Challenging Questions in Parole Hearings Involving Prisoners Serving IPP Sentences, David Peplow and Jake Phillips (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 6. The Biopolitics of Pan-Africanism: The Plight of South Africa’s LGBTIQ Community, Veeran Naicker (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Kathy Luckett (Rhodes University, South Africa)Part III: Constructing and Contesting Marginalisation and the Media7. Resisting Parliamentarians: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ghana’s #DropThatChamber, Mark Nartey (University of the West of England, UK)8. The Response to Women’s Exclusion in a Conservative Religious Country: Tweets After the Lifting of the Ban on Women Driving in Saudi Arabia, Fatmah Alhazmi (Jazan University, Saudi Arabia) and Roberta Piazza (University of Sussex, UK)9. Marginalized Men Online: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis Approach to the Construction of Identity within the Online Men’s Rights Community, Alexandra Kempton (University of Sussex, UK) Index

Each chapter in this edited collection contributes a rich and textured exploration of the language of marginality in a global context, engaging critically with the complexity of subjectivity. It makes a compelling and nuanced case for the study of subjectivity when considering the language of marginality in a global context. The range of global scholars contributing to this collection is impressive. By bringing together scholars at different stages of their careers this book forges a path for inclusivity, in the process als0 addressing marginality in academic contexts.