Comparative Rhetoric, Postcolonial Studies, and Transnational Feminisms: A Geopolitical Approach

Wang, Bo

doi:10.1080/02773945.2013.792692

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“…Studying transnational movements like #RageAgainstRape helps in understanding how these movements are shaped by cultural, social, and economic interconnectivities and interactions as well as by cross-cultural mobilizations of power, language resources, and people (Hesford & Schell, 2008;Wang, 2013). Thinking culturally, socially, and politically, #RageAgainstRape emerged as a powerful force to challenge the societal and political violence against women in Nepal.…”

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Grassroots Activisms: Public Rhetorics in Localized Contexts

2024

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x • FOREWORD activisms. This organization is important, because the authors of the chapters cover much ground in this comprehensive and groundbreaking collection. It is rich with stories of coalitions, collectives, connections, and communities, all working to resist and dismantle inequalities across sites and purposes.This excellent collection shines light on problems that we have faced throughout history, but especially over the last several years. At the foundational level, the goal of this edited collection is to highlight examples of grassroots activisms, which can be defined as the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. And to no surprise, this is what scholars in this collection achieve. The authors demonstrate strategies to dismantle negative discourses and practices in health and medicine, immigration, human rights, environmental justice and land rights, and so much more. After living in such foggy and unpredictable times, this collection shows the undeterred labor of those grassroots activists, often BIPOC or guided by the knowledge of BIPOC, who worked for social change from the comfort, or in the danger, of their own homes. There is no doubt that the readings found in this edited collection will plant seeds of knowledge for many and consequently instill hope in lands where hope is greatly needed. xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis edited collection would not be possible without the tireless, innovative, and inspirational efforts of grassroots activists. Beyond that, we thank the contributors to this collection for their thoughtful and motivational research and trust in our collaborative efforts to bring this collection into the world in a moment of unusual precarity. We also thank the two anonymous reviewers who helped shape the collection through their careful review. Thanks also to Tara Cyphers and Karma R. Chávez for their vision, editorial assistance, and support of the project.This project was supported by the Humanities Center and the Office of the Vice President of Research at Texas Tech University and the Department of Writing and Language Studies and the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. Finally, we are delighted that our collection is the first edited collection to be included in the Intersectional Rhetorics series.1. IRB Protocol #20160303MK01113; to encourage subject candor, I chose to protect subject identities as part of the IRB consent protocol.

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Grassroots Activisms: Public Rhetorics in Localized Contexts

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“…To explore the formation of the coalitions that conducted transnational disaster response, I am extending the theoretical framework of the assemblage theory because the Western theoretical framework wouldn't be applicable to understand transnational contexts. Bringing in the non-Western and decolonial perspective will extend the theory to take analytical approaches which are contextual to Nepal and/or Puerto Rico and will allow for an examination of inequality, discrimination, exploitation, and global colonial domination with self-reflexivity and without othering the experiences of the people of these spaces (Agboka, 2014;Haas, 2012;Itchuaqiyaq & Matheson, 2021;Quijano, 2007;Wang, 2013). Hence, I define transnational assemblages in the context of disaster as collectives of people, organizations, or entities, who are connected transnationally via online and offline media and who gather to respond to a certain situation of natural or political crisis by challenging the dominant narratives and practices.…”

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Transnational Assemblages in Disaster Response: Networked Communities, Technologies, and Coalitional Actions During Global Disasters

Baniya

2022

Technical Communication Quarterly

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In this article, I argue that local disasters are a global concern and that various transnational assemblages emerge during a disaster that support the suffering communities and help in addressing the issues of social justice in post-disaster situations.The transnational assemblages that emerge on social media create innovative practices (via non-western and decolonial ways) of creating communities across the world via crisis communication and distributed work to address social injustices during the disaster.

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“…The continuous use of foreign language as Ngũgĩ asserts reinforces a colonial mentality and because languageis an important carrier of culture, the rhetorical culture among politicians in an African context is significantly influenced by choice of language. According toWang (2013), the postcolonial preoccupation has created a hybrid identity that for us to fully understand the different dynamics, we must situate our critique within a decolonial framework. Thus, Iattempt to understand rhetorical practices in Nigeria from a decolonial perspective.…”

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Language, Rhetoric, and Politics in a Global Context: A Decolonial Critical Discourse Perspective on Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Campaign

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Comparative Rhetoric, Postcolonial Studies, and Transnational Feminisms: A Geopolitical Approach

Cited by 27 publications

References 15 publications

Grassroots Activisms: Public Rhetorics in Localized Contexts

Grassroots Activisms: Public Rhetorics in Localized Contexts

Transnational Assemblages in Disaster Response: Networked Communities, Technologies, and Coalitional Actions During Global Disasters

Language, Rhetoric, and Politics in a Global Context: A Decolonial Critical Discourse Perspective on Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Campaign

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