The "Greek crisis" in Europe : race, class and politics /
Mylonas, Yiannis,
The "Greek crisis" in Europe : race, class and politics / by Yiannis Mylonas. - 1 online resource. - Studies in Critical Social Sciences; volume138 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390904 . - Studies in Critical Social Sciences; volume138. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390904. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-250) and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction: the Study of the Greek Economic Crisis in Europe through the Media -- Greek Crisis, Eurozone Crisis, Global Capitalist Crisis -- The “Greek Crisis” in the Media: Hegemony, Spectacle and Propaganda -- A Cultural Failure: Reification, Orientalism, Nationalism -- Under a Middle-Class Gaze -- Exceptionalising the Crisis, Normalising Austerity -- Conclusions: Context, Politics, Negativity -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.
The “Greek Crisis” in Europe: Race, Class and Politics, critically analyses the publicity of the Greek debt crisis, by studying Greek, Danish and German mainstream media during the crisis’ early years (2009-2015). Mass media everywhere reproduced a sensualistic “Greek crisis” spectacle, while iterating neoliberal and occidentalist ideological myths. Overall, the Greek people were deemed guilty of a systemic crisis, supposedly enjoying lavish lifestyles on the EU’s expense. Using concrete examples, the study foregrounds neoorientalist, neoracist and classist stereotypes deployed in the construction and media coverage of the Greek crisis. These media practices are connected to the “soft politics” of the crisis, which produce public consensus over neoliberal reforms such as austerity and privatizations, and secure debt repayment from democratic interventions.
9789004409187
10.1163/9789004409187 DOI
Mass media--Social aspects--European Union countries.
Financial crises--Press coverage.--Greece
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
Mass media and international relations--European Union countries.
Greece--Economic conditions--Press Coverage--European Union countries.--2009-
HN380.Z9 / M365 2019
302.23094
The "Greek crisis" in Europe : race, class and politics / by Yiannis Mylonas. - 1 online resource. - Studies in Critical Social Sciences; volume138 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390904 . - Studies in Critical Social Sciences; volume138. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390904. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-250) and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction: the Study of the Greek Economic Crisis in Europe through the Media -- Greek Crisis, Eurozone Crisis, Global Capitalist Crisis -- The “Greek Crisis” in the Media: Hegemony, Spectacle and Propaganda -- A Cultural Failure: Reification, Orientalism, Nationalism -- Under a Middle-Class Gaze -- Exceptionalising the Crisis, Normalising Austerity -- Conclusions: Context, Politics, Negativity -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.
The “Greek Crisis” in Europe: Race, Class and Politics, critically analyses the publicity of the Greek debt crisis, by studying Greek, Danish and German mainstream media during the crisis’ early years (2009-2015). Mass media everywhere reproduced a sensualistic “Greek crisis” spectacle, while iterating neoliberal and occidentalist ideological myths. Overall, the Greek people were deemed guilty of a systemic crisis, supposedly enjoying lavish lifestyles on the EU’s expense. Using concrete examples, the study foregrounds neoorientalist, neoracist and classist stereotypes deployed in the construction and media coverage of the Greek crisis. These media practices are connected to the “soft politics” of the crisis, which produce public consensus over neoliberal reforms such as austerity and privatizations, and secure debt repayment from democratic interventions.
9789004409187
10.1163/9789004409187 DOI
Mass media--Social aspects--European Union countries.
Financial crises--Press coverage.--Greece
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
Mass media and international relations--European Union countries.
Greece--Economic conditions--Press Coverage--European Union countries.--2009-
HN380.Z9 / M365 2019
302.23094