Aus unseren Neuerwerbungen – Anglistik 2024.1

Lan­guage and char­ac­ter­i­sa­tion in tele­vi­sion series
This book explores how lan­guage is used to cre­ate char­ac­ters in fic­tion­al tele­vi­sion series. To do so, it draws on mul­ti­ple case stud­ies from the Unit­ed States and Aus­tralia. Brought togeth­er in this book for the first time, these case stud­ies con­sti­tute more than the sum of their parts. They high­light dif­fer­ent aspects of tele­vi­su­al char­ac­ter­i­sa­tion and show­case the use of dif­fer­ent data, meth­ods, and approach­es in its analy­sis. Unique­ly, the book takes a mixed-method approach and will thus not only appeal to cor­pus lin­guists but also researchers in soci­olin­guis­tics, styl­is­tics, and prag­mat­ics. All cor­pus lin­guis­tic tech­niques are clear­ly intro­duced and explained, and the book is thus acces­si­ble to both expe­ri­enced researchers as well as novice researchers and stu­dents. It will be essen­tial read­ing in lin­guis­tics, lit­er­a­ture, styl­is­tics, and media/television stud­ies.
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Gen­der roles and polit­i­cal con­texts in Cold War spy fic­tion
This book analy­ses the gen­der roles and polit­i­cal con­texts of spy fic­tion nar­ra­tives pub­lished dur­ing the years of the Cold War. It offers an intro­duc­tion to the devel­op­ment of spy fic­tion both in Eng­land and in the Unit­ed States and explores the ways in which issues such as the atom­ic bomb, dou­ble agents, para­noia, pro­pa­gan­da and mega­lo­ma­nia man­i­fest them­selves with­in the genre. The book exam­ines the ongo­ing mar­gin­al­iza­tion of women with­in spy fic­tion texts, explor­ing the idea that this unique peri­od in glob­al his­to­ry is respon­si­ble for the active pro­mo­tion and cel­e­bra­tion of mas­culin­i­ty and male supe­ri­or­i­ty. From James Bond to Jason Bourne, the book eval­u­ates the ongo­ing enforce­ment of patri­ar­chal ideas and oppres­sions that, in the name of nation­al secu­ri­ty and patri­ot­ic duty, have con­tributed to the devel­op­ment of a genre in which dis­crim­i­na­tion and bias con­tin­ue to dom­i­nate.
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