Overview

When politicians and pundits in the Middle East discuss democracy, do they mean it? Looking at public discourse about democracy in contemporary Egypt, Dunne proposes a fresh way of reading Arabic political discourse. She charts a method combining ethnographic research into communities of people producing political discourse with investigation of the texts themselves, using tools from anthropology, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics — a method with broad applicability to political discourse generally. Taking off from the premise that all discourse is based in social interaction, this book demonstrates that looking at the ways individuals and groups use public discourse to perform critical social and political functions yields entirely new perspectives on the significance of the discourse. Democracy in Contemporary Egyptian Political Discourse is a valuable resource for students of linguistics, political science, democracy studies, Arabic language, and Middle East area studies.

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Author:   Michele Durocher Dunne
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   6
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9789027226969

ISBN 10:   9027226962
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   18 September 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. 1. Introduction: Context, data, methods; 3. 2. Political talk as mediated discourse; 4. 3. Situating the Discourse; 5. 4. Identities under construction; 6. 5. Power relations replicated and challenged; 7. 6. Conclusion: The irresistible discourse; 8. References; 9. Appendix A: Transliteration and transcription key; 10. Appendix B: Excerpt from Mubarak speech delivered October 5, 1999; 11. Appendix C: Excerpt from Mubarak speech delivered November 13, 1999; 12. Appendix D: September petition text; 13. Appendix E: Excerpts from two articles by Fahmi Huwaydi; 14. Appendix F: Excerpts from two articles by Hala Mustafa; 15. Index

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