Chapter 6
Self-constructed and ascribed identity of the Greek protesters in Syntagma Square
From “where we are” to “who they are”
In this chapter we contrast our findings from a previous study of the textual, discursive and social practices of the Greek protester movements, based on data from the General Assembly proceedings and their resolutions (Goutsos and Polymeneas 2014), with how the protesters in Syntagma square were viewed by others, namely the Greek media in a series of articles coinciding with or following the protests. The protesters’ own linguistic and discursive practices are thus juxtaposed to their recontextualizations and representations by others. A pronounced difference is found between self-constructed and ascribed identity as indicative of the representational power of the media, which have attempted to interpret the protesters’ identity within the existing political context.
Article outline
- 1.The Greek crisis and its protesters
- 2.Data and methodology
- 3.Identity and public space in the Greek protests
- 4.Contemporary media texts
- 5.Later media texts
- 6.Conclusion: Constructed and ascribed identity of the Greek protests
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Notes
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References
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Appendix
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