Pictorial and spatial metaphor in the drawings of a culturally diverse group of women with fertility problems
| Autor: | Sofia Gameiro, Alida Payson, Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Elisabeth El Refaie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Visual Arts and Performing Arts Group (mathematics) Metaphor Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Ethnic group 050801 communication & media studies Context (language use) Discourse community 0508 media and communications Aesthetics Cultural diversity 0602 languages and literature Ideology Sociology Composition (language) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Visual Communication. 19:257-280 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3214 1470-3572 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1470357218784622 |
| Popis: | Metaphor has been shown to be pervasive in the way people talk and write about a whole range of diseases, including infertility. Indeed, some of the most conventional of these metaphorical expressions have become so entrenched in particular discourse communities that they are used unconsciously and automatically, even by people who do not, in fact, agree with their underlying ideological implications. As the authors argue in this article, eliciting visual metaphors in the form of drawings may reveal the meaning-making processes of individuals in a way that more richly reflects their unique experiences, including those that challenge or disrupt dominant cultural models. Based on an analysis of drawings created by a group of women in Wales from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, the authors show the importance of taking into account both explicit pictorial metaphors and any metaphorical meanings suggested by spatial composition, as well as the specific socio-cultural context in which they were created. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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