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Nationalism Douze Points: The Discursive Reproduction of Turks and Greeks in Eurovision Song Contest - Couverture souple

Kampouris, Alexandros

 
9783639154917: Nationalism Douze Points: The Discursive Reproduction of Turks and Greeks in Eurovision Song Contest
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ISBN 10 : 3639154916 ISBN 13 : 9783639154917
Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

The common view holds that Eurovision is a contest aiming to produce cultural uniformity and unable to perform ?our? national distinctiveness. Arguing against such a claim, the present study attempts to identify the ways in which national identities are reproduced on stage by focusing on the Turkish and Greek case. Nationalism is not merely a political ideology or a stir of irrational feelings but rather a way of thinking which shapes and in turn is shaped by the social milieu. It goes without saying that national identities are neither natural facts nor fixed but evolving and fluid categories. Departing from a social constructionist point of view, the study attempts to examine how Turks and Greeks particularly produce their identities through the discursive reproduction of their national myths and culture. Claims ?we? make about ?us? and ?others? constitute ?our? identity and signify the naturalization of nationalism as a particular language of making sense of the social world.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The common view holds that Eurovision is a contest aiming to produce cultural uniformity and unable to perform ?our? national distinctiveness. Arguing against such a claim, the present study attempts to identify the ways in which national identities are reproduced on stage by focusing on the Turkish and Greek case. Nationalism is not merely a political ideology or a stir of irrational feelings but rather a way of thinking which shapes and in turn is shaped by the social milieu. It goes without saying that national identities are neither natural facts nor fixed but evolving and fluid categories. Departing from a social constructionist point of view, the study attempts to examine how Turks and Greeks particularly produce their identities through the discursive reproduction of their national myths and culture. Claims ?we? make about ?us? and ?others? constitute ?our? identity and signify the naturalization of nationalism as a particular language of making sense of the social world.

Biographie de l'auteur

Alexandros Kampouris is a graduate of Philosophy at Thessaloniki Aristotle University and International Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University. His research interests lie in nationalism and national identities in Turkey and Greece.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639154916
ISBN 13 
9783639154917
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
132
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