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Constructing a productive other : discourse theory and the convention refugee hearing / Robert F. Barsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barsky, Robert F.
- Series:
- Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 29.
- Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political refugees--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada--Language.
- Political refugees.
- Political refugees--Legal status, laws, etc--Social aspects--Canada.
- Asylum, Right of--Canada--Language.
- Asylum, Right of.
- Asylum, Right of--Social aspects--Canada.
- Administrative procedure--Canada--Language.
- Administrative procedure.
- Administrative procedure--Social aspects--Canada.
- Discourse analysis--Case studies.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This book is a description of the process of constructing a productive Other for the purpose of being admitted to Canada as a Convention refugee. The whole claiming procedure is analyzed with respect to two actual cases, and contextualized by reference to pertinent national and international jurisprudence. Since legal analysis is deemed insufficient for a complete understanding of the argumentative and discursive strategies involved in the claiming and "authoring" processes, the author makes constant reference to methodologies from the realm of literary studies.
- Contents:
- CONSTRUCTING A PRODUCTIVE OTHER; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: The Construction of the Other; 2. The Chronotope for the Convention Refugee Hearing; 3. Interpreting and Transcribing the Other.; 4. The Opening Section: The Discursive Paradigm; 5. The Middle Section: The Life Story; 6. The Closing Section: The un-Dialogic Other; 7. The Implicit and Explicit Criteria for Rendering the Decision: The Woman as Witness and The Appeal Case; 8. Conclusion: The Destruction of the Self; Notes; Cases Cited; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22220-5
- 9786613222206
- 90-272-8283-8
- OCLC:
- 744350470
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