The Discursive Construction of Vietnamese Communities in Czechia and Poland in the Genre of Documentary Films
Abstract
This article examines the discursive construction of Vietnamese communities in Czechia and Poland via narratives of the communities' ordinary members in documentary films. The theoretical framework employed is critical discourse analysis (CDA), and, in particular, the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA).
I focus on two full-length documentary films, Banana Children in Czechia and Warsawers in Poland. These films are assessed and compared regarding their overall style and regarding the discourse topics.
I analyse the referential and predicational strategies within the discourse topic of identity. Finally, I link the analysis of identities with the general social and legislative situation of the immigrant communities in the two host countries.