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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781777703321

Autore

Barsky Robert F

Titolo

Constructing a productive other : discourse theory and the convention refugee hearing / / Robert F. Barsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994

ISBN

1-283-22220-5

9786613222206

90-272-8283-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 pages)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., 29

Disciplina

323.6/31

Soggetti

Political refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada - Language

Political refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Social aspects - Canada

Asylum, Right of - Canada - Language

Asylum, Right of - Social aspects - Canada

Administrative procedure - Canada - Language

Administrative procedure - Social aspects - Canada

Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.