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UNINA9910781777703321 |
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Autore |
Barsky Robert F |
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Titolo |
Constructing a productive other : discourse theory and the convention refugee hearing / / Robert F. Barsky |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-22220-5 |
9786613222206 |
90-272-8283-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 pages) |
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Collana |
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Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., 29 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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