Transforming National Holidays: Identity Discourse in the West and South Slavic Countries, 1985-2010
Ljiljana Saric (ed.), Karen Gammelgaard (ed.), Kjetil Rå Hauge (ed.)
How do people construct collective identity during profound societal transformations? This volume examines the discursive construction of identity related to important national holidays in nine countries of Central Europe and the Balkans: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, and Slovakia. The chapters focus on the decades during which these countries moved from communism towards democracy and a market economy. This transition saw revivals of national values and a new significance of regional and transnational ties, entangled with negotiations of national identity that have been particularly lively in discourse concerning national holidays.
The chapters apply discourse analysis in addition to approaches from history, sociology, political science, and anthropology. All of the analyses make use of empirical material in the Slavic languages, including newspaper articles, interviews and other media contributions, sermons, addresses, and speeches by members of the political elite.
The chapters apply discourse analysis in addition to approaches from history, sociology, political science, and anthropology. All of the analyses make use of empirical material in the Slavic languages, including newspaper articles, interviews and other media contributions, sermons, addresses, and speeches by members of the political elite.
عام:
2012
الناشر:
John Benjamins
اللغة:
english
الصفحات:
328
ISBN 10:
9027206384
ISBN 13:
9789027206381
سلسلة الكتب:
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 47
ملف:
PDF, 19.49 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2012