Co-Cultural Theorizing: Foundations, Applications &amp; Extensions

Orbe, Mark P.; Roberts, Tabatha L.

doi:10.1080/10646175.2012.722838

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“…That is, sometimes minorities can use humor to challenge the notions that the minority is outside the dominant culture and that they threaten its fabric (Orbe and Roberts 2012). In this section, I discuss how SQ vloggers question discourses that construct gay and lesbian individuals as threats to the fabric of the dominant society and thus exclude them from this society.…”

Section: A Matter Of Belonging: Challenging Exclusion and Laughing Oumentioning

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“…In the case of LGBTQ groups, especially gay and lesbian, humor is a strong presence in the space where most of the community building and mobilization have occurred: new media platforms (Alexander and Losh 2010;Christian 2010). Humor serves as a mechanisms for both coping and challenging, and it gives minorities the opportunity to bring attention to their experiences in a way that is assertive but non-threatening (Gilbert 1997;Orbe and Roberts 2012;Perks 2012). Gilbert (1997) notes that ''humor is a rhetoric unique in its ability to undermine its own power with the 'only jokes' disclaimer'' (p. 319).…”

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“…In order to survive, and occasionally thrive, under circumstances of exclusion and marginalization minorities resort to strategies for coping with or challenging aggressions and their overall marginalization (Orbe and Roberts 2012). YouTube, for instance, is often used by gay and lesbian youth as a coming out space and a platforms for self-expression and identity construction (Christian 2010).…”

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Queens and Jesters of YouTube: Communicating Gay/Lesbian Identities Through Humor in YouTube Channel Spanish Queens

Acevedo-Callejas

2015

Sexuality & Culture

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Considering the transformative potential humor has for minorities who experience exclusion and marginalization, I seek to explore how Spanish gay and lesbian youth construct and communicate gay/lesbian identities using humor as a rhetorical tool. Furthermore, I explore the potential implications of their use of humor for social relations, both within gay and lesbian communities and with the broader society. I approach this discussion though a critical discourse analysis of videos from Spanish Queens-a collaborative YouTube channel, in which LGBTQ youth from diverse parts of the country share their experiences, thoughts, and opinions about being LGBTQ in Spain. Stereotypical humor was the primary form of humor used by SQ vloggers when addressing gay and lesbian issues related to both identification and social relations. Looking at how SQ vloggers most frequently use stereotypical humor, three common functions emerged in all ten videos: (a) affirming identity and separating gay and lesbian experiences from those of other groups, including making a distinction between sexual orientation and gender identity; (b) challenging the conflation of sexual and gender identities (i.e., contesting the notion of gay men and lesbians identifying as members of the opposite sex); and (c) disarming discourses that construct gay and lesbian individuals as threats at both interpersonal and societal levels.

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Section: A Matter Of Belonging: Challenging Exclusion and Laughing Oumentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Queens and Jesters of YouTube: Communicating Gay/Lesbian Identities Through Humor in YouTube Channel Spanish Queens

Acevedo-Callejas

2015

Sexuality & Culture

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“…Interdependent parts of co-cultural theory Co-cultural theory is especially helpful for understanding the ways in which co-cultural group members are impacted, and the strategies they employ (including the decision to use one strategy over another) during everyday communication with DGMs (Orbe & Roberts, 2012). There are several interdependent parts of co-cultural theory: strategies, influential factors, and communication orientations.…”

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“…As Orbe and Spellers (2005) explain, ''Co-cultural theory offers a framework to understand the process by which individuals come to select how they are going to interact with others in any given specific context' ' (p. 174). Thus, co-cultural theory offers a practical conceptual framework to identify and examine nondominant group members' (NDGMs) communicative experiences (Orbe & Roberts, 2012).…”

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From “Laying the Foundations” to Building the House: Extending Orbe's (1998) Co-Cultural Theory to Include “Rationalization” as a Formal Strategy

Bell

Hopson

Weathers

et al. 2014

Communication Studies

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We extend co-cultural theory to include an additional communication strategy: rationalization. Rationalization is defined as instances where individuals provide alternative explanations for communication rather than labeling them as forms of injustice (e.g., racially insensitive, prejudice, or discriminatory). Thirty co-researchers were interviewed about Black and White communication challenges from a co-cultural theoretical lens. Participants employed rationalization to process intercultural tension. Specifically, Black participants rationalized being watched in public, racial comments, workplace practices and treatment, and racism.

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Co‐Cultural Theory

Orbe

2017

The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication

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This entry provides a detailed description of co‐cultural theory, which represents an insightful lens to understand the communicative experiences of underrepresented group members within societies where they have been traditionally marginalized. More specifically, it features an explanation of the development of the theory, descriptions of key theoretical concepts (i.e., co‐cultural practices, factors, and communication orientations), and a summary of existing co‐cultural theoretical research.

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Co-Cultural Theorizing: Foundations, Applications & Extensions

Cited by 40 publications

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Queens and Jesters of YouTube: Communicating Gay/Lesbian Identities Through Humor in YouTube Channel Spanish Queens

Queens and Jesters of YouTube: Communicating Gay/Lesbian Identities Through Humor in YouTube Channel Spanish Queens

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