Discourses from Latin America and the Caribbean: Current Concepts and Challenges

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This edited collection brings together the latest research on discourse and society in Latin America and Caribbean in one volume. Employing cross-cutting approaches to current political, institutional and media discourses, it bridges existing theoretical and analytical gaps between the socio-political macro issues and the micro aspects of linguistic analysis to provide fresh insights that deconstruct the complex socio-political power dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Across eight chapters this volume explores the regions’ thorny relationship with their complex histories of colonialism and slavery as well as the ongoing, multifaceted constructions of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic identities at the individual, regional and national levels. In doing so, it demonstrates the unique and rich particularities of these regions and why it is that they challenge many conventional dogmas and methods across the Social Sciences. This book will be of particular interest to scholars working in Discourse Studies, Sociology, Politics, Anthropology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Eleonora Esposito, Carolina Pérez-Arredondo, José Manuel Ferreiro)....Pages 1-29 Front Matter ....Pages 31-31 Discursive Re-foundation of an Intercultural Abya Yala: Morales’ Discourse in the Midst of Crisis and the Tradition of Protest (Katharina Friederike Gallant)....Pages 33-68 The Discursive Construction of a Latin American Identity/ies in the UN Mission in Haiti (2004–2013) (José Manuel Ferreiro)....Pages 69-104 Front Matter ....Pages 105-105 The Hooded Student as a Metaphor: Multimodal Recontextualization of the Chilean Student Movement in a Broadcast News Report (Carolina Pérez-Arredondo, Camila Cárdenas-Neira)....Pages 107-138 The Zapatista Linguistic Revolution: A Corpus-Assisted Analysis (Isabelle Gribomont)....Pages 139-171 Front Matter ....Pages 173-173 The Social Media Campaign for Caribbean Reparations: A Critical Multimodal Investigation (Eleonora Esposito)....Pages 175-209 Towards Sociocultural Recognition and Integration of Latin American Immigrants in Los Angeles Through the Analysis of Social-Discursive Significations (Ricardo Medina Audelo)....Pages 211-238 Front Matter ....Pages 239-239 Remaking Jamaica: Tourism, Labour, and the Awakening Jamaica Exhibition (Karen Wilkes)....Pages 241-266 Being Said/Seen to Care: Masculine Silences and Emerging Visibilities of Intimate Fatherhood in Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Adom Philogene Heron)....Pages 267-298 Back Matter ....Pages 299-302