The Language of Belonging (Language and Globalization) - Hardcover

Meinhof, U.; Galasinski, D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403907870 ISBN 13: 9781403907875

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

The authors combine a theoretical reassessment of how we understand, study and analyze processes of identification with detailed case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border communities along the former Iron Curtain, talking about themselves and other social groups, about their way of life and their experiences past and present.

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Review:

' this book is highly topical at a time when, in Europe and the world in general, questions of identity and belonging offer significant challenges to society. The choice of the study sites here, combined with the personal identities of the two researchers, has yielded an original study that highlights the unique insight to be achieved in research on identity, through the discourse analytic approach.'

Rosaleen Howard, Newcastle University writing in BAAL News

About the Author:

ULRIKE HANNA MEINHOF is Professor of German and Cultural Studies at the University of Southampton, UK and a specialist in discourse analysis. She is co-ordinator of two EU Fifth Framework research projects, one on 'European border identities' (www.borderidentities.com) and another on 'Changing City Spaces' (www.citynexus.com) which deals with issues of cultural diversity and migration in seven capital cities in Europe. She is the author or editor of many books.

DARIUSZ GALASINSKI is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies in the University of Wolverhampton, UK and Visiting Professor at Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland. His other books include Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis (with Chris Barker), The Language of Deception, and Men and the Language of Emotions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1403907870
• ISBN 13: 9781403907875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228