We Europeans? : media, representations, identities / edited by William Uricchio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Uricchio, William.

Series:

Changing media--changing Europe series ; v. 6.

Changing media--changing Europe series ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Europe--21st century.

Mass media.

Group identity--Europe--21st century.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the relationship between media and identity along the fault-lines and fissures of the ever-shifting collectivities that constitute Europe. At the centre of this dynamic are human beings, who, as makers and users of media, negotiate identities, affiliations and meanings. The collection explores how ethnicities, religions, tastes, generations and languages overlap one another, interact within individuals and define communities. Whether triggered by individual desires or shared fantasies, these dynamic collectivities make use of media in very different ways. Addressing topics

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; We Europeans? Media, Representations, Identities; Imaginary Americas in Europe' s Public Space; Towns in Search of Identity; Getting Away and Going Home: The Visual Experience of the Exile as Tourist; Exiles and Ethnographers: An Essay; Imperialism, Self-inflicted? On the Americanizations of Television in Europe; Media and Cultural Diversity in Europe; Meanings of Money: The Euro as a Sign of Value and of Cultural Identity; Nation, Boundaries and Otherness in European 'Films of Voyage'

The Media and the Symbolic Geographies of Europe: The Case of YugoslaviaSicilian Film Productions: Between Europe and the Mediterranean Islands; Contributors' Notes; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-03511-8

9786612035111

1-84150-284-7

OCLC:

646796061