The “Greek Crisis” in Europe : Race, Class and Politics

"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"-- Provided by publisher This book 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 Introduction: the Study of the Greek Economic Crisis in Europe through the Media Pages: 1–47 Greek Crisis, Eurozone Crisis, Global Capitalist Crisis Pages: 48–86 The “Greek Crisis” in the Media: Hegemony, Spectacle and Propaganda Pages: 87–112 A Cultural Failure: Reification, Orientalism, Nationalism Pages: 113–152 Under a Middle-Class Gaze Pages: 153–182 Exceptionalising the Crisis, Normalising Austerity Pages: 183–212 Conclusions: Context, Politics, Negativity Pages: 213–227 The "Greek Crisis" in Europe: Race, Class and Politics , analyses the publicity of the so-called "Greek crisis" by deploying critical theory and cultural studies perspectives. The study discloses racial and class media biases, and their associations with austerity.