CDA and post colonial studies

[Andrew Kanyegirire]

Laila....Francoise Verges at Goldsmiths has done some work on Fanon.

Andrew.




Quoting LailaHelmi <lailahelmi at GAWAB.COM>:

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> The interesting line in Andrew's
> message is "There's is also some CDA type analyses that has been
> used in
> the close readings of works by Fanon, Morrison,
> Rushdie...". Where can I find those? Especially Rushdie? Maybe
> even works by Achebe, Ngugi, and Ahdaf Soueif?
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> Andrew Kanyegirire writes:
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> > Thanks a bunch Rosemary...some of the analyses done by
> Wodak...Fowler might come
> > in handy as well. There's is also some CDA type
> analyses that has been used in
> > the close readings of works by Fanon, Morrison,
> Rushdie...
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> > My interest is in the official policy documents and
> news clippings on NEPAD...
> > there is growing list of analyses on on media
> discourse...but not much of it
> > examines the media in Africa.
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> > So am kinda having to rely on those works that explore
> some of my research
> > interests.
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> > all the best.
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> > Dept of Journalism and Media studies
> > Rhodes University
> > Grahamstown
> > 6140, South Africa
> > Cell + 27 73 512 4247
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> > Quoting R Aldrich :
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> >> HI Laila and Andrew
> >>
> >> I am a public health physician (with a background
> in communication and
> >> history) currently completing a doctorate in which
> I have used CDA to examine
> >> speeches and press releases of Federal politicians
> responsible for the health
> >> of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait
> Islander peoples, and using/ used
> >> post-colonial theory (among others) to explain the
> evolution of policy
> >> language, discourses, outputs and outcomes.
> >>
> >> Really interesting area; I too did not find
> similar research, although van
> >> Dijk's work has been very helpful, as have others
> collected together in
> >> Riggins, S., Ed. (1997). The language and politics
> of exclusion: others in
> >> discourse. Thousand Oaks Ca, London, Sage
> Publications
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> >> .
> >> Best wishes and good luck
> >>
> >>
> >> Rosemary Aldrich
> >> NHMRC Scholar
> >> School of Public Health and Community Medicine,
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> >> University of New South Wales
> >> Sydney
> >> Australia
> >>
> >> 61 (4) 09 712 587
> >>
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