
#Balkanization: A Critical Study of Otherness through Twitter
Liridona Veliu(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 5. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXI, 134 pages
978-3-658-23823-0 (ISBN)
Description
Liridona Veliu examines 'balkanization' as a long-standing discourse of identity construction, otherness and stereotyping through Twitter. Although deriving from the Balkans and attached to the Balkan Peninsula, the 'balkanization' discourse has gained a life of its own. The author challenges its current manifestations shaped by the era of social media and identifies and connects its meanings with deeper processes of historical events. This book denaturalizes 'balkanization' as a constructed source of knowledge, approaching the topic embedded in genealogy and deconstructivism, and applies critical discourse analysis as a method of research.
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Series
Edition
2018 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 s/w Abbildungen
XXI, 134 p. 9 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-658-23823-0 (9783658238230)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-23824-7
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
09/2018
1st Edition
Springer
€53.49
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Person
Liridona Veliu
is a peace researcher from the MA program in Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. She is currently a PhD student at the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. Congruently, she is supporting the Erasmus+ European Commission funded project on the creation of the graduate curricula in Peace Studies in Georgia (PESTUGE) as part of the University of Innsbruck staff.
Content
Deconstructing the 'Balkanization' Discourse.- 'The Balkans' through Genealogy.- Twitter Mechanism and Data Collection.- Critical Discourse Analysis.- Archetypes of Subjectivities.