Discourse and Identity Formation : Parliamentary Debates in Bahrain
Lamya Alkooheji, Chitra Sinha
The book explores eleven debates held at the Bahraini Council of Representatives (or the Parliament) over 2007-2010 to comprehend how parliamentary discourse contributes towards identity formation within Bahraini society. Within the framework of critical discourse studies, the book traces the ideological struggle over power in the linguistic content of legislative discourse through a range of discursive strategies and devices. The authors contend that the discursive choices across the political spectrum in the legislative debates reflected strong sectarian characteristics which contained in it the seeds of political unrest of 2011, the so-called 'Arab Spring' of Bahrain. Parliamentary rhetoric and its resonance in the public sphere, the authors argue, revealed the underlying contradictions in Bahraini society. The book highlights the significance of legislative discourse as a platform of social cohesion, and its instability being symptomatic of contradictions within society.
年:
2017
出版:
1
出版社:
John Benjamins Publishing Company
语言:
english
页:
309
ISBN 10:
9027265011
ISBN 13:
9789027265012
系列:
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Ser.
文件:
EPUB, 2.16 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2017