Discourses Of Borders And The Nation In The Usa A Discoursehistorical Analysis Massimiliano Demata by Massimiliano Demata 9781003287971, 1003287972 instant download after payment.

This book introduces an innovative critical analysis of borders in contemporary political discourse, using examples from the Trump presidency and early stages of the Biden presidency to explore how borders are used as mechanisms of power to invoke different notions of national identity.This volume considers borders as discursive constructs, reflecting on their importance in the construction and expression of national identity across different forms of modern political discourse. Employing a framework informed by Ruth Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach, Demata examines how analysing discourse from the Trump and Biden presidencies can reveal unique insights into how politicians use borders to recontextualise historical discourses of national identity and employ discursive strategies of inclusion and exclusion in promoting the idea of the nation. In adopting an approach which situates these discourses within their historical and socio-cultural contexts, the volume helps to further bridge the gap between different disciplines and offers a multi-faceted understanding of notions of borders and national identity in contemporary political language.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of discourse analysis, language and power, language and politics, political science, and border studies.