Discriminaging. Discourses of health discrimination based on age

Authors

  • Kim Grego University of Milan
  • Alessandra Vicentini University of Insubria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jld.22754

Keywords:

Discriminaging, health discrimination, age, health, discrimination

Author Biographies

  • Kim Grego, University of Milan

    Kim Grego is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Milan, Italy, where she teaches English Linguistics. Her interests include Translation Studies, ESP (scientific, medical and political discourse) and Critical Discourse Studies applied to ethically debatable issues.

  • Alessandra Vicentini, University of Insubria

    Alessandra Vicentini is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Insubria, Italy, where she teaches English Linguistics. Her research interests include ESP (medicine/healthcare and news discourse), Critical Discourse Analysis, grammaticography and lexicography.

References

Bellini, P. (forthcoming 2022) The myth of eternal youth and post-modern civilisation. Androgyny, genders and biopower. In B. Davis, A. Vicentini, K. Grego (eds) Seniors, Foreign Caregivers, Families, Institutions: Linguistic and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Milan/London: Mimesis International.

Catenaccio, P. (forthcoming 2022) Discursive (de/re)constructions of identity and the age/gender interface: from geriatric pregnancies to midlife motherhood. In V. Ylänne, K. Grego, A. Vicentini (eds) Age-Specific Issues. Language, Spaces, Technologies. Bern: Peter Lang.

Phelan, A. (2018) Researching ageism through discourse. In L. Ayalon and C. Tesch-Römer (eds) Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism 549-64. Cham.: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_31

Vicentini, A. and Grego, K. (2019) Ageing issues, ethics and ideology: Discursive representations in the media and in the professions. Expressio 3: 5–20

Downloads

Published

2022-04-27

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): Special Issue: Discriminaging

Section

Editorial

License

© Equinox Publishing Ltd.

For information regarding our Open Access policy, click here.

How to Cite

Grego, K., & Vicentini, A. (2022). Discriminaging. Discourses of health discrimination based on age. Journal of Language and Discrimination, 6(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1558/jld.22754