Representing Communities: Discourse and Contexts

by Ruth Sanz Sabido (Editor)

Overview

This edited collection offers the latest research into the reproduction of ‘hegemonic’ discourse and the ways in which the description and evaluation of social groups affects their ability to exercise cultural and political autonomy. The book examines the representations of a number of communities and social groups, both within their ‘micro-contexts’, and with reference to the economic, political, social, cultural and technological ‘macro-contexts’ in which they are embedded. The analysis highlights the connections between discourse, power, dominance and social inequality, focusing on patriarchal, capitalist and postcolonial representations and power imbalances. Based on a combination of theoretical and empirical analyses, the collection offers an array of macro-social critiques based on the analysis and critical understanding of contemporary contexts and representations, and how they contribute to political, social, economic and cultural practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319650296
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/13/2017
Edition description:	1st ed. 2017
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ruth Sanz Sabido is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at Canterbury Christ Church University, U.K.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction – Communities, Discourse and Contexts; Ruth Sanz Sabido.- PART I: Challenging the System Chapter 2: Constructing community: Notes on a slippery concept; Rinella Cere.- Chapter 3: Transforming the politics of gender and voice: Strategies of expertise and experience; Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn.- Chapter 4: Populism, ‘community’ and political culture: The revenge of the liberal elite; Stuart Price.- Chapter 5: Discursive colonialism: German settler communities, their media and infrastructure in Africa, 1898-1914; Corinna Schäfer.- PART II: Representing Communities, Perpetuating Inequality Chapter 6: Legitimising political homophobia: Sexual minorities and Russian Television News; Anna Khlusova.- Chapter 7: Interrogating representations and misrepresentations of violence: The contested identities of Generation 1.5 Somalis in Melbourne; Elizabeth Lakey.- Chapter 8: News coverage of a women’s hunger strike against ‘chauvinist violence’; Ruth Sanz Sabido.- Chapter 9: Egresses: Countering stereotypes of blackness and disability through Horrorcore and Krip Hop; Mikko Koivisto.- PART III: Communities and their Contexts Chapter 10: New Orleans, food, race and gender on television: Frank’s Place and Treme; Robin Roberts.- Chapter 11: Partiality, patriotism and propaganda: Aggregating local news sources in Ukraine; Richard Pendry.-Chapter 12: Constructing ‘ordinary people’ on British television: Notes on the politics of representation; Rosalind Brunt.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The annual MeCCSA conference is a showcase for the very best in new research and thinking in media, communication and cultural studies in UK universities. This top class selection from the 2016 conference is a rich and stimulating set of papers, from new work on ‘populism’ to work on gender, colonialism, representations of violence and of ‘ordinary people’. The range and quality of this important collection are a tribute to the continuing vitality and innovation of the field.” (Peter Golding, Emeritus Professor, Northumbria University, UK)