Discourses of Exclusion: Xenophobic Language in Serbia during the 2015 Refugee Crisis
Discourses of Exclusion: Xenophobic Language in Serbia during the 2015 Refugee Crisis
Author(s): Srdjan M. JovanovićSubject(s): Media studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Social history, Present Times (2010 - today), Peace and Conflict Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: passportism; xenophobia; Serbia; Critical Discourse Analysis; discrimination;
Summary/Abstract: With the exacerbation of the crisis caused by the expansion of the Islamic State in 2015 and the influx of refugees trying to cross the border of the European union from Serbia, a new wave of xenophobia and passportism has sweeped over Serbia. Even though there is a staunch presence of an antidiscriminatory, human rights based discourse, a strong xenophobic discourse can easily be found in the contemporary media and social networks. This article explores the language of discrimination against the refugees in Serbia in 2015 and the xenophobic discourse that was produced after the arrival of several hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from the conflicts in the Middle East.
Journal: Romanoslavica
- Issue Year: LI/2015
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 31-45
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English