Title: Discourse and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe /
Authors: Galasińska, Aleksandra.; Krzyżanowski, Michał, 1977-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Discourse analysis Europe, Eastern.; Mass media Europe, Eastern.; Sociolinguistics Central Europe Eastern Europe.; Semantics Central Europe Eastern Europe.; Languages.; Discourse analysis; Mass media; Europe, Eastern History
Abstract: This interdisciplinary volume explores the discursive construction of post-1989 social change in Central and Eastern Europe. Encompassing a set of national case studies on countries such as Czech Republic, former East-Germany, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia or other Balkan states, the volume explores processes of post-communist transformation from the point of view of accelerating and unique dynamics of linguistic and discursive practices. Highlighting the micro-macro link, those practices are examined within - as well as at the cross-section of - the public domain (in politics, media, religion or civil society) and the private sphere (within individual experiences of post-communism). Providing in-depth, systematic analysis of discourse in different situations, contributions to the volume analyse diverse forms of social, political, cultural, economic or institutional transformation in post-communist contexts. The analysis points to several differences and similarities between ways in which discourse influences the unprecedented social change across Central and Eastern Europe.
Contents: Theorising and analysing social change in Central and Eastern Europe : the contribution of critical discourse analysis / Michal Krzyżanowski and Ruth Wodak -- Reflecting social heteroglossia and accommodating diverse audiences : a challenge to the media / Brigitta Busch -- Contesting social space through language education debates in Latvia's media landscape / Gabrielle Hogan-Brun -- The (re)construction of refugees in Slovenian media / Igor Ž. Žagar -- On the "Europeanisation" of identity constructions in Polish political discourse after 1989 / Michal Krzyżanowski -- Governing abandoned children : the discursive construction of space in the case of "babybox" / Igor Nosál -- Critical juncture : Church Slavonic and the discourse of cultural preservation in post-Soviet Russia / Brian P. Bennett -- Narrating transition in East German company histories / Helen Kelly-Holmes -- 'Mea culpa' : the social production of public disclosure and reconciliation with the past / Cristian Tileagă -- Small stories fight back : narratives of Polish economic migration on an internet forum / Aleksandra Galasińska -- Narratives of disenfranchised self in the Polish post-Communist reality / Dariusz Galasiński.