1st Edition
Discursive Approaches to Sociopolitical Polarization and Conflict
382 Pages
22 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
382 Pages
22 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
382 Pages
22 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This collection explores the discursive strategies and linguistic resources underpinning conflict and polarization, taking a multidisciplinary approach to examine the ways in which conflict is constructed across a diverse range of contexts.
The volume is divided into two sections as a means of identifying two different dimensions to conflict construction and bridging the gap between different... Read more
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction. Laura Filardo-Filardo Llamas & Esperanza Morales-López
I. Polarization in social and political conflicts
- Morales-López, Esperanza. Who are the "people" of Catalonia? The narratives of a conflict that has divided this "social group" in two.
- Matos, Ana Raquel, Dora Fonseca and José Manuel Mendes. Social movements and protest events in Portugal during and after the austerity measures: A discursive analysis.
- Morales-López, Esperanza and Floyd, Alan. Discourses of the left in a nationalist perspective.
- De Cock, Barbara, Dupret, Pauline, Hambye, Philippe and Pizarro Pedraza, Andrea. Polarizing representations of immigrant communities in Belgian French-speaking online political discourse.
- Flores, Joseph L. and Martínez-Guillem, Susana. Co-constructing conflict: The role of humorous memes in re-creating Donald Trump and his "others".
- Elmerot, Irene. Constructing "us" and "them" through conflicts – Muslims and Arabs in the news 1990–2018.
- Aguilera-Carnerero, Carmen. Of heroes and enemies: Visual polarisation in the propaganda magazines of the Islamic State.
- Romano, Manuela and Porto, Dolores. Framing conflict in the Syrian refugee crisis: Multimodal representations in the Spanish and British press.
- Cárdenas-Neira, Camila and Pérez-Arredondo, Carolina. Polarization and the educational conflict. A linguistic and multimodal approach to the discursive (re)construction of the Chilean student movement in the mainstream media and Facebook.
- Filardo-Llamas, Laura. From the war on Covid-19 to political wars. Metaphor as a mechanism of polarization in the early stages of the 2020 pandemic.
- Domínguez, Martí, Moreno, Sara and Pina, Tatiana. Unicorns, donkeys and elephants: the battle on climate change in the United States of America as reflected in cartoons.
- Salvador, Vicent. The social debate on energy sources and climate change: representations, argumentation and the emotional dimension.
- Molpeceres, Sara. Angry white women? Right-wing female politicians reframing feminism in Spain.
- Pascual Espinilla, Sergio. The polarization of the journalistic account on gender-based violence. A discursive analysis of its media treatment.
- Pujante, David. The negated synecdoche. A rhetorical analysis of the Bible in the light of queer theology.
- García Riverón, Raquel, Marrero, Alejandro and Acosta González, Yoan Karell. Multimodal discourse analysis of news according to Complexity Theory. The US-Cuba conflict: A case study.
- Gutiérrez-Sanz, Víctor. Gudari or villain? Analysis of the rhetorical construction of the terrorist within the framework of the Basque conflict
II. Polarization in symbolic and cultural conflicts
Afterword. Laura Filardo-Llamas & Esperanza Morales-López
Biography
Laura Filardo-Llamas is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Valladolid, Spain.
Esperanza Morales-López is Full Professor in Linguistics at the University of A Coruña.
Alan Floyd is Associate Professor of English Language in the University of A Coruña.
