Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media (The Palgrave MacMillan International Political Communication)

Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media (The Palgrave MacMillan International Political Communication)

J. Sheyholislami
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Publication Date: May 25th, 2011
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9780230109858
Pages:
252
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Description

Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This book examines the complex interrelationships between ethno-national identities, discourses, and new media. Not only does offer the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media, this book is also the first CDA informed comparative study of the contents of the two media. The study pushes the boundaries of the growing area of studies of identity, nationalism and transnationalism, discourse studies, minority language, and digital media.

About the Author

JAFFER SHEYHOLISLAMI Assistant Professor in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada.

Praise for Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media (The Palgrave MacMillan International Political Communication)

“This study is long overdue. It provides a very lively survey of the making and unmaking of national identity in the context of unceasing conflicts between the Kurds, the states ruling over them, and regional and great powers involved in the region. Coherent, compelling, and creative, it pushes the boundaries of the growing area of studies of nationalism, communication technologies, and the internet by focusing on one of the most complex (trans)national cases, and demonstrating that the new media both unite and divide the nation. Well written and significant for its contribution to Kurdish studies and, thus, Middle Eastern studies.”--Amir Hassanpour, Associate Professor, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

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