Omschrijving
'Discourses of Disruption in Asia: Creating and Contesting Meaning in the Time of COVID-19' makes a unique contribution to research on meaning making in times of crisis. Using diverse analytical approaches to the study of languages in societies from the Asia-Pacific region, this volume explores the struggles over national identity and manifestations of socio-political issues in the context of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each chapter interrogates how social actors in diverse communities across the Asia-Pacific region draw on discursive resources to address communication issues, particularly in relation to minoritized groups, claims for accountability, solidarity formation, national identities, government policy announcements, translation, and the efficacy of health-related discourses. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in fields such as Language and Gender, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies, Social Semiotics, Media Studies, Political Science, Public Health, and Asian Studies. 'Discourses of Disruption in Asia: Creating and Contesting Meaning in the Time of COVID-19' makes a unique contribution to research on meaning making in times of crisis. Using diverse analytical approaches to the study of languages in societies from the Asia-Pacific region, this volume explores the struggles over national identity and manifestations of socio-political issues in the context of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each chapter interrogates how social actors in diverse communities across the Asia-Pacific region draw on discursive resources to address communication issues, particularly in relation to minoritized groups, claims for accountability, solidarity formation, national identities, government policy announcements, translation, and the efficacy of health-related discourses. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in fields such as Language and Gender, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies, Social Semiotics, Media Studies, Political Science, Public Health, and Asian Studies. Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Creating and contesting meaning in a global health crisis
Ikuko Nakane, Claire Maree and Michael C Ewing
Chapter 2 Martyrs in Masks: the “battle-to-saviour” story grammar of COVID-19 coverage in Chinese Communist Party Medi
Susanna Ackroyd
Chapter 3 What has machine translation “mis-translated” COVID-19? What “mistakes” can tell us about humanity that machines cannot
Wayne Wen-chun Liang, Ester S.M. Liang and Chun Hin Tse
Chapter 4 From “selfless hospitality” to “get out”: Disrupting the 2020 Games
Claire Maree
Chapter 5 Political leaders’ discourse addressing “corona discrimination” in Japan
Ikuko Nakane
Chapter 6 (Im)politeness of masked and non-masked faces in COVID-19 pandemic: Japan and Australia
Jun Ohashi
Chapter 7 COVID-19 and the construction of wuli (we): Marriage-migrant women and care discourses in South Korea
Park Mi Yung and Hakyoon Lee
Chapter 8 Movement Control Orders or “Making confusing orders”? Discourses of confusion about lockdowns in a Malaysian news portal
Richard Powell and Zarina Othman
Chapter 9 Taiwan inside and out: Redefining the self during the pandemic
Craig Smith and Dayton Lekner
Chapter 10 Linguistic and cultural challenges in Chinese translation of government COVID-19 health information in Australia
Lachlan Thomas-Walters, Suqin Qian and Delia Lin
Chapter 11 Conclusion: Threading together discourses of disruption
Claire Maree, Ikuko Nakane and Michael C Ewing