‘Getting behind the Image’: Personality Politics in a Labour Party Election Broadcast  

Oleh:

Pearce, Michael

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language and Literature (Full Text & ada di PROQUEST) vol. 10 no. 3 (Aug. 2001), page 211–228.
Topik: Blair; Tony; critical discourse analysis; Labour party; lifeworld discourses; party election broadcasts; political propaganda; pronouns
Fulltext: 211LL103.pdf (71.14KB)

Isi artikel

The article examines a Labour party broadcast from the 1997 UK general election. I show how the film uses the conventions of a particular mode of contemporary documentary to present a portrait of Tony Blair. My main focus is on the way Blair’s ‘biography’ is used for propaganda purposes, and how the tensions between the competing requirements of biography and propaganda manifest themselves textually. In particular, I examine Blair’s strategic use of lifeworld discourses, and the role of pronominal choice in ‘self’ and ‘other’ referencing.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali