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We are witnessing the collapse of democracies in many parts of the
world and a general tendency to the resurgence of right-wing and
left-wing populisms led by authoritarian leaders. This book centres
on the political dialogue in one of these democracies. The focus is
on Venezuela, the rich Latin American oil producing country, and
its transformation from a stable democracy to a very unstable and
controversial revolution in which the dialogue has been occupied by
only one party for 18 years. The central characters of the book are
Hugo Chavez, who remained in power for 14 years as the main speaker
and controller, and the people who either followed or opposed him
in Venezuela and other countries. Contrary to critical analyses
which are mainly based on social representations that conceive
dialogue as implicit or normative, this book proposes a
dialogue-centred approach, which articulates linguistics,
conversation analysis, socio-pragmatics and political science from
a critical perspective, and offers the theoretical foundations and
procedures for analysing micro dialogues between specific persons
and the macro social dialogue, which unveils the processes of
domination and resistance to power. The book will be useful for
scholars and students of linguistics, media, communication studies
and political science wishing to learn more about dialogue in
political interaction.
We are witnessing the collapse of democracies in many parts of the
world and a general tendency to the resurgence of right-wing and
left-wing populisms led by authoritarian leaders. This book centres
on the political dialogue in one of these democracies. The focus is
on Venezuela, the rich Latin American oil producing country, and
its transformation from a stable democracy to a very unstable and
controversial revolution in which the dialogue has been occupied by
only one party for 18 years. The central characters of the book are
Hugo Chavez, who remained in power for 14 years as the main speaker
and controller, and the people who either followed or opposed him
in Venezuela and other countries. Contrary to critical analyses
which are mainly based on social representations that conceive
dialogue as implicit or normative, this book proposes a
dialogue-centred approach, which articulates linguistics,
conversation analysis, socio-pragmatics and political science from
a critical perspective, and offers the theoretical foundations and
procedures for analysing micro dialogues between specific persons
and the macro social dialogue, which unveils the processes of
domination and resistance to power. The book will be useful for
scholars and students of linguistics, media, communication studies
and political science wishing to learn more about dialogue in
political interaction.
Racism and Discourse in Latin America investigates how public
discourse is involved in the daily reproduction of racism in Latin
America. The essays examine political discourse, mass media
discourse, textbooks and other forms of text, and talk by the white
symbolic elites, looking at the ways these discourses express and
confirm prejudices against indigenous people and against people
from African descent. The essays show that ethnic and racial
inequality in Latin America continue to exacerbate the chasm
between the rich and the poor, despite formal progress in the
rights of minorities during the last decades. Teun A. van Dijk
brings together a multidisciplinary team of linguists and social
scientists from eight Latin American countries (Mexico, Guatemala,
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru), creating
the first work in English that provides comprehensive insight into
discursive racism across Latin America.
Racism and Discourse in Latin America investigates how public
discourse is involved in the daily reproduction of racism in Latin
America. The essays examine political discourse, mass media
discourse, textbooks and other forms of text, and talk by the white
symbolic elites, looking at the ways these discourses express and
confirm prejudices against indigenous people and against people
from African descent. The essays show that ethnic and racial
inequality in Latin America continue to exacerbate the chasm
between the rich and the poor, despite formal progress in the
rights of minorities during the last decades. Teun A. van Dijk
brings together a multidisciplinary team of linguists and social
scientists from eight Latin American countries (Mexico, Guatemala,
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru), creating
the first work in English that provides comprehensive insight into
discursive racism across Latin America.
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