Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim write by Ljiljana Saric. This book was released on 2010-11-15. Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since 1989, Europe’s eastern rim has been in constant flux. This collection focuses on how political and economic transformations have triggered redefinitions of cultural identity. Using discursive modes of identity construction (deconstruction, reconstruction, reformulation, and invention) the book focuses on the creation of opposition to old and new 'outsiders' and 'insiders' in Europe. The linguistic study of discourse elements in connection with an exploration of the significance of metaphors in anchoring individual and collective identity is innovative and allows for a unique analysis of public discourse in Europe.
Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim
Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim write by Ljiljana Šarić. This book was released on 2010. Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since 1989, Europe's eastern rim has been in constant flux. Political and economic transformations have triggered redefinitions of cultural identity. Combining theory-oriented and empirical approaches, this book analyzes modes of identity construction in public discourse, particularly focusing on national and cross-national rhetorical strategies related to European Union enlargement and EU policy towards southeast Europe.
Europe and the East
Europe and the East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Europe and the East write by Mark Hewitson. This book was released on 2023-05-14. Europe and the East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume investigates competing ideas, images, and stereotypes of a European ‘East’, exploring its role in defining European and national conceptions of self and other since the eighteenth century. Through a set of original case studies, this collection explores the intersection between discourses about a more distant, exotic, or colonial ‘Orient’ with a more immediate ‘East’. The book considers this shifting, imaginary border from different points of view and demonstrates that the location, definition, and character of the ‘East’, often associated with socio-economic backwardness and other unfavourable attributes, depended on historical circumstances, political preferences, cultural assumptions, and geography. Spanning two centuries, this study analyses the ways that changing ideals and persistent clichéd attitudes have shaped the conversation about and interpretations of Eastern Europe. Europe and the East will be essential reading for anyone interested in images and ideas of Europe, European identity, and conceptions of the ‘East’ in intellectual and cultural history.
Transforming National Holidays
Transforming National Holidays - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transforming National Holidays write by Ljiljana ari?. This book was released on 2012-12-19. Transforming National Holidays available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Beyond Boycotts
Beyond Boycotts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Boycotts write by Philippe Vonnard. This book was released on 2017-12-18. Beyond Boycotts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sport during Cold War has recently begun to be studied in more depth. Some scholars have edited a book about the US and Soviet sport diplomacy and show ow the government of these two countries have used sport during this period, notably as a tool of "soft power" during the Olympic games. Our goal is to continue in this direction and to focus more on the sport field as a place of exchanges during the Cold War. Regarding this point, our aim is to show that there were events "beyond boycotts"many and that unknown connections existed inside sport. Morevoer, many actors were involved in these exchanges. Thus, it is important not only to focus on the action of States, but also on private actors (international sporting bodies and journalists), considering that they acted around sport (an "apolitic" field) as it was tool to maintain links between the two blocs. Our project offers a good opportunity for young scholars to present original research based on new materials (notably the use of institutional or personals archives). Morevoer, it is also a step forward with a view to conduct research within a global history paradigm, one that is still underused in sport academic fields.
