Democracy in contemporary Egyptian political discourse / Michele Durocher Dunne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunne, Michele Durocher.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 6.

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Egypt.

Democracy.

Egypt--Politics and government--1981-.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 178 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When politicians and pundits in the Middle East discuss democracy, do they mean it? Looking at public discourse about democracy in contemporary Egypt, Dunne proposes a fresh way of reading Arabic political discourse. She charts a method combining ethnographic research into communities of people producing political discourse with investigation of the texts themselves, using tools from anthropology, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics -- a method with broad applicability to political discourse generally.

Contents:

Democracy in Contemporary Egyptian Political Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Political talk as mediated discourse; Chapter 3 Situating the Discourse; Chapter 4 Identities under construction; Chapter 6 Conclusion; References; Appendix A Transliteration and transcription key; Appendix B Excerpt from Mubarak speech; Appendix C Excerpt from Mubarak speech delivered; Appendix D September petition text; Appendix E Excerpts from two articles by Fahmi Huwaydi

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612159978

9781282159976

1282159976

9789027294760

9027294763

OCLC:

427510436