codna2003

I am intrigued by the concept of language use related to the way men talk about illness such as HIV/AIDS and how it reflects gender and culture ideologies specific to the migrant farmworker. The ethnographic qualitative approach I use in my study, provides rich data for d/Discourse analysis in my field language, Spanish. Subsequently, this has lead to research data on Language policy, allowing me to combine my background in healthcare with sociolinguistics, and the social construct components of power, gender, and culture as ideologies expressed when speaking about sensitive health topics such as HIV/AIDS by a marginalized migrant group of individuals.