Crisis' representations
Subtitle: frontiers and identities in the contemporary media narratives
By: edited by Christiana Constantopoulou
Series: Studies in critical social sciences -- volume 173; Studies in critical social sciences -- v. 173
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Leiden ; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9789004439542; 9789004439559
Subjects: Financial crises; Social aspects; Refugees; Narration (Rhetoric)
Description: "This book constitutes a sociological research on the current "narrations" of the economic and refugee crisis which has mobilized all the aspects of social storytelling during the last decade, most particularly in the European South. Because the different (mass and social) media reflect the dominant ideas and representations, the research on the meaning of different media narratives becomes a necessary report for the understanding of the relation (or "inexistent dialogue"?) between official political discourses and popular myths (based on everyday life values of prosperity, mostly promoted by the mass culture and the cultural industries' products). Despite the ongoing inequalities and difficulties, the contemporary audiences seem to counterbalance misery by the dreams of happiness, provided by this kind of products. Contributors include: Christiana Constantopoulou, Amalia Frangiskou, Evangelia Kalerante, Laurence Larochelle, Debora Marcucci, Valentina Marinescu, Albertina Pretto, Maria Thanopoulou, Joanna Tsiganou, Vasilis Vamvakas, and Eleni Zyga"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.