This book is about South-North, North-South relations between Africa and Europe, presenting the personal narratives of musicians in different locations across Africa and Europe, and those of the people who constitute their networks within the wider artistic, cultural, and civil society milieus of globalizing societies.

This original work explores the increasingly important phenomenon of the formation of transnational identity. Considering the ongoing relevance of the European Union, the contributors ask a series of intriguing questions: Is a European identity possible? How are the various types of European identity formed and maintained? How are these identities linked to the process of European integration? Examining the psychological, institutional, and political mechanisms that encourage or impede identification with transnational groups, the book considers these theoretical questions in light of new evidence drawn from a rich body of primary research, including field experiments, in-depth interviews with elites, and public opinion surveys. Brought together for the first time, social psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and ethnographers share their theoretical and methodological perspectives in tackling the common issues surrounding the emergence of "European" as a political identity. Paying special attention to the role of the institutions of the EU, the authors investigate the impact of neo-functionalist strategies and find that the processes of identity formation are far more complicated than can be explained by material and institutional factors alone. The authors engage in a fruitful dialogue about how much a European identity exists and how much it matters as they delve into the sources of disagreement and their implications.

This book is about South-North, North-South relations between Africa and Europe, presenting the personal narratives of musicians in different locations across Africa and Europe, and those of the people who constitute their networks within the wider artistic, cultural, and civil society milieus of globalizing societies.

Diskursanalytische Arbeiten gehoren in jungerer Zeit zu den wichtigsten Impulsen in der gesellschafts- und wissensorientierten Linguistik. Zwei Auspragungen der Diskurslinguistik werden haufig gegenubergestellt: kritische und deskriptive Diskursanalyse. Geht es den deskriptiven Ansatzen um eine Rekonstruktion historischer Bedeutungen und die Freilegung gesellschaftsrelevanter Themen in offentlichen Debatten, so verfolgen kritische Arbeiten vor allem das Ziel einer Analyse von Sprache und Macht. Der Band hinterfragt die Betonung dieses Gegensatzes und reflektiert Gemeinsamkeiten sowie Unterschiede beider Zugange. Eine Abgrenzung erweist sich dabei als wenig sachbezogen, vielmehr als strategisch motiviert. Zu den Zielen des Bandes gehort es daher, die Polarisierung von Deskription und Kritik in der Diskurslinguistik kritisch zu beschreiben und zu hinterfragen."

Feminist linguistics has come of age. Yet, in more than two decades of research, male speaking patterns have largely been taken for granted. This is the first extensive account of men's language - of male ways of speaking and of language in the construction of masculinity.