基本説明
In this volume we approach the question of what it is to be European by considering the way in which citizens talk about their everyday lives, as they are perceived against the background of Europe and European issus.
Full Description
In this volume we approach the question of what it is to be European by considering the way in which citizens talk about their everyday lives, as they are perceived against the background of Europe and European issues. Hence, the volume will offer insights into the rarely glimpsed micro political world of ordinary talk and explore the way in which such talk in social interaction and other spheres might help us understand what Europe means to a range of its citizens. Using a range of broadly discursive approaches we will touch on, inter alia, issues of identity, youth, borders, ethnicity, local politics, and minority languages. In the end, we suggest, it is a common sense view of pragmatic utility that centres what it is to be European, and this is something which is continually fluid and shifting within ever changing social, historical and political circumstances.
Contents
1. Introduction (by Wilson, John); 2. A phenomenology of citizenship among young Europeans (by Barnhurst, Kevin G.); 3. The narrative bias: Political marketing on the world wide web (by Cortini, Michela); 4. Are Brummies developing narrative of European identity? (by Toolan, Michael); 5. Rejecting an identity: Discourse of Europe in Polish border communities (by Galasinski, Aleksandra); 6. Rhetoricians at work: Constructing the European Union in Denmark (by Millar, Sharon); 7. Narratives of Greek identity in European life (by Nikolarea, Ekatarini); 8. How to conceive of the other's point of view: Considerations from a Case Study in Trieste (by Sbisa, Marina); 9. Narratives on lesser-used languages in Europe: The case of Ulster Scots (by Wilson, John); 10. Index
