Media and power on the margins of Europe
Subtitle: the public negotiation of the Breton language and cultural identity
By: David Winterstein.
Series: The Hampton Press communication series. Communication, globalization, and cultural identity
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cresskill, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781572739208
Subjects: Breton language -- Political aspects -- France; Bretons -- Ethnic identity; Mass media -- Political aspects -- France; Mass media and minorities -- France; Linguistic minorities -- France; Language policy -- France; Power (Social sciences) -- France; Language policy -- Europe, Western -- Case studies; France -- Ethnic relations; Europe, Western -- Ethnic relations -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Local culture and globalization; title: Cultural groups and the globalization of the media; title: Why explore an indigenous group?; title: Why the Bretons?; title: Exploring language media and the Breton identity; title: Writing about the Breton language and culture; title: Historical roots of the modern Breton identity; title: Forgetting history or renegotiating collective identity and culture; title: The Bretons : a Celtic people; title: Breton territory : a shared notion of conflict; title: Looking outside of Brittany : trade and Europe; title: The Breton language; title: Tracing the history of the Breton language; title: Geography of the Breton language environment today; title: Regional language policy in France; title: Permission versus action in language policy; title: Regional language policy in Britain; title: Europe; title: The Breton media environment : policy and regulation; title: Regulating the Breton media; title: Summing up : implications of current policies; title: Representing identity : Breton media content; title: Early Breton literary development; title: The development of Breton media; title: What kinds of content are currently available in Breton?; title: Producing an identity : inside the Breton media profession; title: A Breton perspective; title: Promoting the Breton language : hearing a new old voice; title: Institutional constraints : media economics and media politics; title: Needs for the future of the Breton media system; title: Beyond folklore and costumes : Breton media audiences; title: The audience as seen through the eyes of media producers; title: Audience needs from their own perspective; title: Power, identity negotiation, and cultural expression; title: A local flow : regaining power through proximity; title: Where to go from here in studying the media-identity relationship; title: Appendix A: Organization and association descriptions; title: Appendix B: List of acronyms; title: Appendix C: Important dates in Breton cultural history; title: Glossary.