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Representing Communities

Discourse and Contexts

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Ruth Sanz Sabido

    1. School of Media, Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, United Kingdom

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  • Innovation: includes coverage of a wide range of topical issues and their media representation, for example aging and homophobia

  • International focus: offers global perspectives, including analysis of media representation from New Orleans, Russia and the Ukraine

  • Interdisciplinarity: relates the concept of community to media, cultural and discourse research; making links that may not otherwise have been apparent

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Communities, Discourse and Contexts

    • Ruth Sanz Sabido
    Pages 1-16

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 237-240
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About this book

This edited collection offers the latest research into the reproduction of ‘hegemonic’ discourse and the ways in which the description and evaluation of social groups affects their ability to exercise cultural and political autonomy. The book examines the representations of a number of communities and social groups, both within their ‘micro-contexts’, and with reference to the economic, political, social, cultural and technological ‘macro-contexts’ in which they are embedded. The analysis highlights the connections between discourse, power, dominance and social inequality, focusing on patriarchal, capitalist and postcolonial representations and power imbalances. Based on a combination of theoretical and empirical analyses, the collection offers an array of macro-social critiques based on the analysis and critical understanding of contemporary contexts and representations, and how they contribute to political, social, economic and cultural practices.

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“The annual MeCCSA conference is a showcase for the very best in new research and thinking in media, communication and cultural studies in UK universities.  This top class selection from the 2016 conference is a rich and stimulating set of papers, from new work on ‘populism’ to work on gender, colonialism, representations of violence and of ‘ordinary people’. The range and quality of this important collection are a tribute to the continuing vitality and innovation of the field.” (Peter Golding, Emeritus Professor, Northumbria University, UK)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Media, Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, United Kingdom

    Ruth Sanz Sabido

About the editor

Ruth Sanz Sabido is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at Canterbury Christ Church University, U.K. 

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