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The Discursive Construction of National Identity

Ruth Wodak

  • Bindwijze: Hardcover
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Taal
  • ISBN: 9780748637263
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:31 januari 2009
Aantal pagina's:288
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:Ruth Wodak
Tweede Auteur:Rudolf De Cillia
Co Auteur:Martin Reisigl
Hoofdredacteur:Karin Liebhart
Tweede Redacteur:Rudolf De Cillia
Co Redacteur:Ruth Wodak
Co Redacteur:Ruth Wodak
Vertaling
Eerste Vertaler:Angelika Hirsch
Tweede Vertaler:Richard Mitten
Overige kenmerken
Editie:2nd Revised edition
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:156 mm
Verpakking hoogte:234 mm
Verpakking lengte:234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:561 g
Overige kenmerken
Editie:2nd Revised edition
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:156 mm
Verpakking hoogte:234 mm
Verpakking lengte:234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:561 g

Samenvatting

How do we construct national identities in discourse? Which topics, which discursive strategies and which linguistic devices are employed to construct national sameness and uniqueness on the one hand, and differences to other national collectives on the other hand? The Discursive Construction of National Identity analyses discourses of national identity in Europe with particular attention to Austria. In the tradition of critical discourse analysis, the authors analyse current and on-going transformations in the self-and other definition of national identities using an innovative interdisciplinary approach which combines discourse-historical theory and methodology and political science perspectives. Thus, the rhetorical promotion of national identification and the discursive construction and reproduction of national difference on public, semi-public and semi-private levels within a nation state are analysed in much detail and illustrated with a huge amount of examples taken from many genres (speeches, focus-groups, interviews, media, and so forth). In addition to the critical discourse analysis of multiple genres accompanying various commemorative and celebratory events in 1995, this extended and revised edition is able to draw comparisons with similar events in 2005. The impact of socio-political changes in Austria and in the European Union is also made transparent in the attempts of constructing hegemonic national identities. Key Features: *Discourse-historical approach. *Interdisciplinarity (cultural studies, discourse analysis, history, political science). *Multi-method, multi-genre. *Qualitative case studies.