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Dear Discourse Analysts,<br><br>
I would like to announce the publication of my book, <i>The Spiral of
'Anti-Other Rhetoric'</i>, that deals with media language use and
intercultural / international relations.<br>
I hope you will find it useful, and I would be very grateful for your
feedback. Sincerely,<br><br>
<font size=2 color="#FFFFFF">munication Studies / Linguistics<br>
</font> Communication Studies / Linguistics<br>
<b>The Spiral of ‘Anti-Other Rhetoric’<br>
Discourses of identity and the international media echo<br>
Elisabeth Le<br>
</b>University of Alberta<br>
How do media inform our representations of the Other and how does
this<br>
influence intercultural / international relations? While officially
dialogues<br>
between different national societies are conducted by diplomats in
bilateral<br>
and multilateral settings, in practice journalists also participate
every<br>
day in such dialogues through the phenomenon of the “international<br>
media echo” in which they report on each others’ societies. Until
now,<br>
media have only been investigated for their potential role in the
foreign<br>
policy of specific states. In a case study involving media in three
national<br>
cultures and languages (French, American and Russian), this book<br>
presents an interdisciplinary framework that combines quantitative<br>
and qualitative analyses for the study of the international media echo
in<br>
an intercultural / international relations perspective. In particular,
the<br>
fundamental functioning of “spirals of anti-Other rhetoric”, i.e.
media<br>
wars, is examined in a Critical Discourse Analysis approach
completed<br>
with Social Identity Theory and International Relations theories.<br>
<b>[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 22] 2006. xii,
280 pp.<br>
Hb 90 272 2712 8 EUR 115.00 / USD 138.00<br>
</b> <br>
<b>Table of contents<br>
</b>Foreword<br>
Chapter 1. Media, international relations, collective memories, and
critical discourse analysis<br>
Chapter 2. National and international contexts for the international
media echo<br>
Chapter 3. Russia in <i>Le Monde </i>and <i>The New York Times<br>
</i>Chapter 4. <i>Le Monde’s </i>and <i>The New York Times’
</i>editorials in their national societies<br>
Chapter 5. Russian reactions to the West<br>
Chapter 6. Crossing cultural and disciplinary boundaries<br>
Appendices<br>
Notes<br>
References<br>
Index<br><br>
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Dr. Elisabeth Le<br>
Dept. of Modern Languages & Cultural Studies<br>
University of Alberta<br>
200, Arts Building<br>
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E6
Canada<br>
Phone: (780) 492-5947<br>
Fax: (780) 492-9106<br>
Web page:
<a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/~emle/" eudora="autourl">
www.ualberta.ca/~emle/<br>
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