European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press Argumentation and Media Discourse /

• Main Author: Boukala, Salomi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Discourse analysis.; Communication.; Sociolinguistics.; European Union.; Ethnology.; Emigration and immigration.; Discourse Analysis.; Media and Communication.; European Union Politics.; Social Anthropology.; Migration.

'This excellent book presents a critical examination of how British, French and Greek media outlets report a notion of European identity that stands in opposition to (and in conflict with) Muslim identity. Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in the politics of identity, migration a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Kafka in 'Fortress Europe': The 'Other' within the walls
• Chapter 2. The construction of European identity: from nation state to the European Union
• Chapter 3. Mass Media and hegemonic knowledge: Gramsci and the representation of the 'Other'
• Chapter 4. (Re)introducing the Aristotelian topos/topoi in the Discourse Historical Approach: Key methodological concepts
• 5 Greek media discourse about the 'Islamist threat': From 'Islamist Terrorism' to 'ISIS Terror'
• 6 British media discourse about the 'Islamist threat'
• Chapter 7. French media discourse about the 'Islamist threat'
• 8 Greek media discourse about Turkey's accession to the European Union
• Chapter 9. British and French media discourse about Turkey's accession to the European Union
• Chapter 10. The 'Other' in a Kafkasque Europe.