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Publication details [#56827]

Makoni, Busi. 2012. Discourses of silence: The construction of ‘otherness’ in family planning pamphlets. Discourse & Communication 6 (4) : 401–422.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

health | language use | pictorial co-text | power | social stratification

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper, examining verbal and visual language use in Zimbabwean family planning brochures distributed from the early to mid-1980s, underscores the prominence of risk (and underling 'silence') discourse and ‘hidden’ social inequalities.