Doing politics in the recent Arab uprisings: Towards a political discourse analysis of the Arab Spring slogans

dc.contributor.authorAl-Sowaidi, Belqes
dc.contributor.authorBanda, Felix
dc.contributor.authorMansour, Arwa
dc.date.accessioned04/05/2017 15:01
dc.date.available04/05/2017 15:01
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe present paper aims to analyse a number of those slogans collected from the sit-in quarters in Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Using political discourse analysis, it unravels various typical discourse structures and strategies that are used in slogans in the construction of a sub-genre of political discourse in the Arab world. Drawing data from several mediums, including banners, wall graffiti, audio-visual instruments, chanting, speeches and songs, this paper tries to show the extent to which the slogans serve as a medium by which political complaints and comments are dispensed and consumed. This paper draws on a rhetorical analysis to find out their persuasive effect on shaping the Arab intellect and on the change of the political atmosphere in the region. Lastly, this paper attempts to show to what extent the slogans meet the standards of political discourse and whether they can be considered as a sub-genre of political discourse or not.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationAl-Sowaidi, B. et al. (2015). Doing politics in the recent Arab uprisings: Towards a political discourse analysis of the Arab Spring slogans. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 50(5): 1-25en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-9096
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/2789
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909615600462
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherBrill publishersen_US
dc.rightsThis the author-version of the article published online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909615600462
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectSlogansen_US
dc.subjectArab Springen_US
dc.subjectCritical discourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectPolitical discourseen_US
dc.subjectGenreen_US
dc.titleDoing politics in the recent Arab uprisings: Towards a political discourse analysis of the Arab Spring slogansen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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