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Proud to be an American: Nature, Nostalgia and Americentrism in the US Passport
Presented at NCA, 2009, Chicago. Panel: Top Papers in Visual Communication
Through the use of idealized images of the United States’ (US) past, and quotes by some of the prominent people of American history (as well as some who are not so well known), the current US passport presents a particular depiction of what it means to be an American. After a brief explanation of the history of passports and their role related to the establishment of nation-states and citizen identities, I critically analyze the new US passport based on the images and quotes contained within the design. Within this analysis, I address the overarching themes of nature, nostalgia, and Americentrism conveyed by the passport.
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Faceted Identities: Extending Intersectionality
Presented at NCA 2009, Chicago. Feminist and Women's Studies Division Top Student Paper. Panel: FWSD Top Papers.
In her landmark 1989 article, Kimberle Crenshaw introduced the idea of intersectionality through the metaphor of a traffic intersection. This was an important step in recognizing the entwined and overlapping roles of race and gender in the lives of people, particularly women of Color. Bateson's (1972) idea of multiplicative knowledge and his metaphor of woven cloth are also salient additions to the conversation surrounding intersectionality. I suggest, however, that it is now time for an expansion of these metaphors in order to more fully acknowledge and encompass facets of people’s lived experiences beyond categories of race and gender. Upon this foundation, I propose a new metaphor for intersectionality – that of a faceted crystal – to address the shortcomings of the traffic intersection metaphor and the cloth metaphor in acknowledging individual’s experiences beyond race and gender.
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Invisible Wounds, Invisible Abuse: The Exclusion of Emotional Abuse in Newspaper Articles
Published in Journal of Emotional Abuse, 2008
Newspapers continue to be a readily available and important source of information for much of the U.S. public. However, the meaning of domestic violence used in newspaper articles often excludes forms of violence that are not blatantly physical. Through an analysis of newspaper articles about domestic violence appearing in five cities during three months in 2008, I discuss the exclusion of emotional abuse in articles about domestic violence. Through recounting my narrative of an emotionally abusive relationship, I highlight the painful emotionally violent behaviors that are slighted in contemporary news stories about domestic violence. I also discuss reasons the media does not focus on emotional forms of abuse, and the implications of this exclusion for victims of emotional abuse.
Key words: abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, narrative, newspaper, psychological abuse
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