The Language of Belonging

2005. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-230-55437-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

Reihe: Language and Globalization

This examines a significant aspect of contemporary social life: cultural identities and our linguistic means of constructing them. It combines a theoretical re-assessment of processes of identification with case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border communities along the former 'Iron Curtain'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meinhof, U.

Galasinski, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lits of Illustrations Acknowledgements Maps Setting the Context The Language of Belonging The Grammar of Identity Stories of Belonging and Identification Photography and the Discourses of Memory and Identification The Voices of Neighbourhood Frames of Belonging: Crossing Local, National and Transnational Spaces Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Author Dariusz Galasinski: Dariusz Galasi?ski is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland. His books include Language of Deception, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis (co-author), Men and the Language of Emotions, The Language of Belonging (co-author) and Men's Discourses of Depression.