Constructing a productive other [[electronic resource] ] : discourse theory and the convention refugee hearing / / Robert F. Barsky
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| Autore: |
Barsky Robert F
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| Titolo: |
Constructing a productive other [[electronic resource] ] : discourse theory and the convention refugee hearing / / Robert F. Barsky
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.6/31 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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, discourse analysis and i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Constructing a productive other |
| ISBN: | 1-283-22220-5 |
| 9786613222206 | |
| 90-272-8283-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456533603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Pragmatics & beyond ; ; new ser., 29.