Index
A
- accountability
118, 121, 125, 162, 178
- Afro–Creole
32, 43, 132, 140
B
- Brathwaite, Edward Kamau
41, 44
C
- calypso
62–63, 101–102, 109–110, 120, 131, 144, 149, 166, 174
- Cambridge Analytica
170–173
- CDS
see Critical Discourse Studies
- coalition
- as United Force for Change
114–117, 122–126
- ethnic inclusivity in
92–93, 130–136
- code-switching
106-110, 182
- common political past
137, 142–143, 167
- Congress of the People (COP)
2, 34–37, 92, 116, 120, 124, 133, 135, 172
- context
58–60, 62–63, 65, 67–68
;
see also recontextualization
- COP
see Congress of the People
- Creole
- language
6–7, 63, 103, 106–110, 157
- Creolistics
see Caribbean linguistics
- creolization
6–7, 27, 39, 41–45, 139, 176
- Critical Discourse Studies
4, 6–9, 11–20, 53–54, 57–60, 62, 67, 170, 175–177
- Critical Theory
9–10, 12, 17–18, 55
- critique
4, 8–9, 11–13, 15, 17–19, 51, 55, 59, 175, 177
D
- DHA
see Discourse-Historical Approach
- discourse
13–19
;
see also Critical Discourse Studies
- Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA)
4, 20, 24, 48–50, 54–58, 65, 68–69, 71–72, 176–177
- discursive construction
- of a common national body
97, 137, 154–157
- of female leadership
79–89
- of national history
142–146
- of national identity
48–50, 137–142
- of the coalition party
118–122
- of the postcolonial nation
44–46
- of Trinidadian national icons
49, 137, 147–148, 150
- discursive strategies
68–75
- diversity
- ethnic
24, 45, 130–132, 136, 155, 163, 167, 169
E
- elections
see general elections
- ethnicity
21–24, 28–29, 31, 39, 42–43, 48, 130, 135, 140, 154, 157, 163, 167, 170–172, 174–175
F
- fictionalization of politics
122–125
- Frankfurt School
see Critical Theory
G
- gender
80–83, 89, 93–95, 161, 163, 165–67, 172, 177
H
- Hindu
4, 26–30, 42–43, 47, 88, 134, 151
I
- identity
20–21, 39, 44–50, 65–67, 69–71, 126–28, 131–133, 136–38, 140–43, 147–48, 153–154, 163, 168–170, 174–177
- ideology
7–8, 11–13, 15–16, 32, 44, 83, 174, 177
- indentureship
26–27, 137, 142–144, 168
;
see also Kala Pani
- Indo-Caribbean
21, 27, 166, 174
- in-group
71, 79, 99, 101, 107, 111, 136–140, 147, 177
- interdiscursivity
58–59, 97, 132, 137, 151–152
- intertextuality
58, 85, 97, 137, 145, 151, 158
K
- King, Martin Luther
132, 137, 152–153
- knowledge
13–15, 17–19, 65, 101, 106, 168, 171–173, 177
;
see also power
L
- leadership
19–21, 28–30, 37, 44, 79–81, 83–85, 87–89, 94–95, 97, 166, 175, 182
M
- Manning, Patrick
2, 20, 34–36, 70, 79, 88, 99, 101, 104–107, 111, 116–118, 127, 145–147, 171, 176, 178
- as Emperor
2, 95, 102–103, 105–106, 110, 135
- metaphor
45–46, 53, 72–74, 108–109, 130–131, 139–140, 146, 158, 166
- Movement for Social Justice (MSJ)
2, 36, 116, 121, 133
- MSJ
see Movement for Social Justice
- multimodal analysis
67, 171
;
see also Social Semiotics
N
- NAR
see National Alliance for Reconstruction
- National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR)
33–34, 99
- National Joint Action Committee (NJAC)
2, 33, 36, 116, 122, 133, 135
- nationalism
23–24, 39, 45–47, 140, 142, 167, 169–170, 175, 177
- NJAC
see National Joint Action Committee
O
- out-group
71, 79, 99, 102, 104, 139–140, 147, 177
- Obama, Barack
7, 152, 159, 173
;
see also Yes We Can
P
- People’s National Movement (PNM)
2–3, 19–20, 29–37, 70–71, 74, 85, 99, 92, 107–111, 113–114, 116–121, 138, 140, 144, 147, 150, 156, 159, 165, 167–168, 171, 173, 176, 178–182
- People’s Partnership
2–4, 19–20, 35–37, 63, 65–67, 73, 76, 78, 86–88, 90–94, 99–102, 104, 109–116, 118–125, 127–133, 135–137, 141, 143, 147, 150–152, 155–157, 159, 162–163, 167, 170–172, 176–182
- as Force for Change
66, 114–117, 122–125
- Persad–Bissessar, Kamla
36–37
- as female leader
21, 86–94
- as mother of the nation
80–85, 88–89, 95, 97, 104, 134
- picong
70, 79, 103, 105–106, 109
- plural society
39–41, 139
- pluralism
10, 32, 39–40, 132, 176
- PNM
see People’s National Movement
- political
- campaign
4, 21, 53, 63, 68, 171, 176
- context
43, 63, 71, 79, 176–177
- political discourse
- mediatization of
52–54, 62, 91
- professionalization of
53–54
- Postcolonial CDS
12, 18, 170
- Postcolonial Studies
9–14, 47, 173–174, 177
- pronouns
73, 84–85, 126–127, 130, 143, 152
R
- race
3, 21–22, 30, 39, 119, 141, 153–154, 157–158, 162, 165, 170
- recontextualization
59, 85, 145, 152–155, 158
- religion
26, 28–30, 39–40, 42, 47, 88, 97, 132, 134, 137, 151–157
- representativeness
112–113, 118–119, 121, 130
S
- slavery
5, 25–26, 28, 31, 42, 50, 85, 113, 142–147, 152–153, 168, 175
- abolition of
31, 120, 144–145, 168
- vs Kala Pani
143–144, 168
- Smith, M. G.
39–40, 44, 46–47, 139
- Social Semiotics
50, 59–60, 176
- strategies
see discursive strategies
- Subaltern Studies Group10
T
- Tobago
- relations between Trinidad and
154–157, 179–180, 179–180
- Tobago Organization of the People (TOP)
2, 33, 36–37, 57, 77–78, 84, 116, 120, 129–130, 133, 136, 157, 172, 179–180
- TOP
see Tobago Organization of the People
- Trinidad and Tobago
- 2010 general elections
35–38
- Trinidadian Creole
see Creole Language
U
- UNC
see United National Congress
- UNC-A
see United National Congress-Alliance
- United National Congress (UNC)
1, 3, 33–34, 36–37, 65, 80–81, 84–85, 91–94, 120, 124, 128–130, 133, 135, 137, 158, 167–168, 171–173, 179–180, 182
- United National Congress-Alliance (UNC-A)34
V
- video ads
66, 123–125, 159–161
- Visual Grammar
see Social Semiotics
W
- We Will Rise
66, 85, 87, 89, 93, 97, 111, 134, 147, 151–152, 155–164
- Williams, Eric
3, 29, 31–32, 65, 105–106, 121, 135, 138, 140–141, 144, 148, 150
- Wylie, Christopher172
see also Cambridge Analytica
Y
- Yes we Can
137, 159–160, 162