Fictionalization of Germanness in the times of Greek crisis

Deconstructing the ‘two strangers’ frame in TV sketch comedies

Bibliographic Data

ID12890602
AuthorsΑναστασία Γ Στάμου (0000-0002-3725-0068, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume13
Issue4
Pages377-397
Publication date2018-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Multicultural Discourses (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-7143 • E-ISSN: 1747-6615
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17447143.2019.1579823
OpenAlexW2917864479
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited34

As processes of identity construction are relational, the ways the Greeks view the Germans are intrinsically interrelated to how they see themselves, especially in a period of economic recession. Against this backdrop, in the present paper, I consider the ways Germanness (and thus, also Greekness) are constructed in a popular Greek TV stand-up comedy show. The analysis revealed that they were depicted as two distinct universes consisting of different language, music and culture, echoing (at first impression) rather well-held ideas about Northern Europeanness vs. Southern Europeanness, which circulate in the (Greek) public sphere. Nevertheless, through the strategy of fictionalization, such stereotypical representations were actually challenged by the TV sketches, since they were systematically exoticized through several indexes (e.g. the stylized language performance of German characters), with the aim to be deconstructed

Aesthetics · Art · Comedy · Economics · German · Greeks · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Public sphere · Sketch · Sociology · Stylized fact · Classics · Gender Studies in Language · History · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy

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