As a social relational strategy, irony operates not only between meanings(said, unsaid) but between people(ironists, interpreters, targets). By manipulating the collusive communication of irony, the ironist makes iden...As a social relational strategy, irony operates not only between meanings(said, unsaid) but between people(ironists, interpreters, targets). By manipulating the collusive communication of irony, the ironist makes identity display/identity swift/identity construction possible: there are"those in"constitute a collusive net and those the net operates against, are excluded. This paper explores how the ironist, as the able director of his/her own image, can best manage interpersonal relationships by veiling and unveiling himself /herself in ironic communication.展开更多
Arguably,globalisation has caused an identity crisis in Europe.As national borders became more integrated in the last few decades,the volume of migrants into the EU and the value of ethnicity held by Europeans have al...Arguably,globalisation has caused an identity crisis in Europe.As national borders became more integrated in the last few decades,the volume of migrants into the EU and the value of ethnicity held by Europeans have also been on the rise.Particularly,the bloc has been facing an influx of immigrants from the African and Middle East continents.As for the EU leaders,their stance on a common migration policy is entrenched in the wider social,cultural,and political processes that depict an endangered European identity.This would explain the current debate on immigration in many of the European countries appears to have been securitised.This paper takes a wider look into how immigration has reshaped the EU,as well as,how EU immigrants have had to shift their identities as they struggle to fit into their new society.展开更多
文摘As a social relational strategy, irony operates not only between meanings(said, unsaid) but between people(ironists, interpreters, targets). By manipulating the collusive communication of irony, the ironist makes identity display/identity swift/identity construction possible: there are"those in"constitute a collusive net and those the net operates against, are excluded. This paper explores how the ironist, as the able director of his/her own image, can best manage interpersonal relationships by veiling and unveiling himself /herself in ironic communication.
文摘Arguably,globalisation has caused an identity crisis in Europe.As national borders became more integrated in the last few decades,the volume of migrants into the EU and the value of ethnicity held by Europeans have also been on the rise.Particularly,the bloc has been facing an influx of immigrants from the African and Middle East continents.As for the EU leaders,their stance on a common migration policy is entrenched in the wider social,cultural,and political processes that depict an endangered European identity.This would explain the current debate on immigration in many of the European countries appears to have been securitised.This paper takes a wider look into how immigration has reshaped the EU,as well as,how EU immigrants have had to shift their identities as they struggle to fit into their new society.
