The Discursive Construction of National Identity (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Ruth Wodak • Rudolf de Cillia • Martin Reisigl • Karin Liebhart
Translators:	Angelika Hirsch • Richard Mitten
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7486-3726-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics
LSN:	0-7486-3726-5
Barcode:	9780748637263

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