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Articulating Identity In And Through Maine's North Woods, Karen Hutchins, Nathan Stromer
Articulating Identity In And Through Maine's North Woods, Karen Hutchins, Nathan Stromer
Publications
Land-use changes can interrupt relationships to place, threaten community identity, and prompt instability, altering the social and physical context and impacting the present and future state of the social–ecological system. Approaches that map system changes are needed to understand the effects of natural resource decisions and human–nature interactions. In this article, we merge theories of articulation, the event, and symbolic territory into a critical framework to analyze online newspaper article responses and blogs referencing a land-use controversy in the State of Maine, USA. Application of this framework reveals land-use controversies as place-making events that alter contexts and sense of place, …
Insurrectionary Womanliness: Gender And The (Boxing) Ring, Melanie J. Mcnaughton
Insurrectionary Womanliness: Gender And The (Boxing) Ring, Melanie J. Mcnaughton
Communication Studies Faculty Publications
Integrating sociological theory on sport with Judith Butler’s concept of insurrectionary speech, the author explores why and how womanliness is produced and problematized. In particular, this article investigates how participating in combat sport violates conventional womanliness by foregrounding physical capability and aggression. Using her identity as a female fighter as a starting point to engage the cultural construction of womanliness, the author connects a critical/cultural look at gender and sport with autoethnography.