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Queering Images Of Citizenship: Rhetoric, Representation, And Lgbti Refugees, Emily Kofoed
Queering Images Of Citizenship: Rhetoric, Representation, And Lgbti Refugees, Emily Kofoed
Communication Dissertations
In the following dissertation, I consider how the legal challenges faced by LGBTI refugees might compel reflection on and revision to traditional conceptions of citizenship in the United States. Specifically, I explore the question of how queer refugees and asylum seekers might alter – or queer – the meaning of “citizenship” in the United States. This project contributes to the conversation about citizenship in the field of rhetoric in multiple ways: (1) It highlights tensions between the cultural construction of citizenship and its legal parameters, (2) It expands rhetorical citizenship scholarship through attention to the intersection of identification, marginalization, and …