Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media
Jaffer Sheyholislami
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Description for Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media
Paperback. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC; JFD; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This book examines the complex interrelationships between ethno-national identities, discourses, and new media. Not only offers the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media, this book also the first CDA informed comparative study of the contents of the two media. The study pushes the boundaries of the growing area of studies of identity, nationalism and transnationalism, discourse studies, ... Read more
Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This book examines the complex interrelationships between ethno-national identities, discourses, and new media. Not only offers the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media, this book also the first CDA informed comparative study of the contents of the two media. The study pushes the boundaries of the growing area of studies of identity, nationalism and transnationalism, discourse studies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Series
The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349292370
SKU
V9781349292370
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About Jaffer Sheyholislami
JAFFER SHEYHOLISLAMI Assistant Professor in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada.
Reviews for Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media
“It is rooted in theoretical and methodological discourse analysis, whilst offering an in-depth case study, which is of immense significance to scholars in both discourse and Kurdish studies and highly recommended to students of both fields.” (Omer Tekdemir, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 18 (5), 2019) "This study is long overdue. It provides a very lively survey of ... Read more