Fracturing Domesticity: Media, Nationalism, and the Question of Feminist Influence

Kozol, Wendy

doi:10.1086/495004

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“…Domestic violence was considered a public health issue in the 1970s as a result of activism from medical professionals and feminist activists, who pressured the federal government to label the epidemic as a societal problem (Kozol, 1995). Also around this time, grassroots organizations and activists in Native American / Alaska Native communities provided shelter and support to Native individuals (Rogers & Giroux, 2012).…”

Section: The Violence Against Women Act: Implementation and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Government officials, as well as members of the general public, may fail to recognize implications of domestic violence or take any responsibility for preventing violence (Carlyle, Orr, Savage, & Babin, 2014;Taylor & Sorenson, 2005). As a result, individuals may attribute violence as an issue involving personal faults and where the victim and the abuser are responsible for causing and ending the violence (Carlyle et al, 2014;Kozol, 1995;Meyer-Emerick, 2002;Taylor & Sorenson, 2005). Research has shown that news media largely portray domestic violence as a personal issue involving personal faults (stress, marital conflict) rather than a societal issue or systemic problem (Carlyle et al, 2008;Carlyle et al, 2014;Kozol, 1995;Taylor & Sorenson, 2005).…”

Section: Tribalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, individuals may attribute violence as an issue involving personal faults and where the victim and the abuser are responsible for causing and ending the violence (Carlyle et al, 2014;Kozol, 1995;Meyer-Emerick, 2002;Taylor & Sorenson, 2005). Research has shown that news media largely portray domestic violence as a personal issue involving personal faults (stress, marital conflict) rather than a societal issue or systemic problem (Carlyle et al, 2008;Carlyle et al, 2014;Kozol, 1995;Taylor & Sorenson, 2005). When the media depict domestic violence as cases of isolated incidents, they also fail to attribute broader societal contexts-such as the role of the government to protect victims, or historical oppression of Native communities-with the causes or solutions to domestic violence (Carlyle et al, 2008;Carlyle et al, 2014).…”

Section: Tribalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Narratives of Native American Women and Tribal Courts: the Framing of the <i>Violence Against Women Act of 2013</i> in Mainstream, Native American, and Tribal Press Coverage

Sangster¹

2000

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The Violence Against Women Act is a legislation created to expand more legal rights and services to survivors of domestic violence or intimate partner violence. Frame analysis was used to examine the coverage of the Violence Against Women Act of 2013 in three genres of press media: mainstream press, Native American press, and tribal press. Based on the media frames produced in the three media genres, the legislation was presented as more of a conflicting or controversial issue in mainstream press through the use of the conflict frame and the "Indian as other" frame. But all news coverage also presented two emergent frames -the tribal sovereignty frame and the women's rights frame -that explained the importance of expanding tribal sovereignty in order to protect Native American women on reservations. The news coverage of VAWA 2013 in all press genres also included perspectives from federal and state governmental sources as well as perspectives from tribal governments, Native American organizations, and social service agencies. This report concludes by discussing the implications of the media frames and occupational source use in terms of the three media genres.ii

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Section: The Violence Against Women Act: Implementation and Limitationsmentioning

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Section: Tribalmentioning

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Section: Tribalmentioning

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Narratives of Native American Women and Tribal Courts: the Framing of the <i>Violence Against Women Act of 2013</i> in Mainstream, Native American, and Tribal Press Coverage

Sangster¹

2000

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“…People continue to find ways to deny and minimize the terrifying extent of the problem of violence against women. The issue of domestic violence has passed in and out of the media spotlight, swinging between eroticized sensationalism on the one hand, and a dissociative effort to re-privatize, stigmatize, or ignore it on the other (Kozol, 1995). This is understandable.…”

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An emperor without clothes: The Church's views about treatment of domestic violence

Cooper-White¹

1996

Pastoral Psychol

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Once upon a time there was an emperor who was very vain about his elegant clothing. Two swindlers convinced him that they could make him the finest clothes he ever had, and set to work on an empty loom. Rumors of their fame began to spread, and even the emperor's high officials were convinced that the invisible garments were the finest they had ever seen. One minister even decided, "I know rm not stupid, so it must be my fine position I'm not fit for. Some people might think that rather funny, but I must take good care they don't get to hear of it." And then he praised the mater~al which he couldn't see and assured them of his delight in its charming shades and its beautiful design. The emperor finally went on parade with his new garments. Crowds gathered, and they all said how magnificently clad he was. No one dared admit they couldn't see the clothes, and many concluded there was simply something wrong with them that he appeared naked. Finally a little child said, "But he hasn't got anything on!" "Goodness gracious, do you hear what the little innocent says?" one whispered to another, until finally everyone shouted at last, "He hasn't got anything on!" The emperor was embarrassed, but he drew himself up and went on with the procession still more proudly, while his chamberlains walked after him carrying the train that wasn't there. (Paraphrased from Andersen, 1976:64-68)

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“…Some commentary suggests that the media primarily portray battering as an anomaly that is perpetrated by deviants, which can serve to distance the public from the issue and keep the public personally disengaged while they voyeuristically look on from a safe distance (Caputi, 1993;Kozol, 1995 (Alcoff & Gray, 1993;Maxwell, et al, 2000;McDonald, 1999;Kozol, 1995).…”

Section: Media Portrayals O F Domestic Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

“Creative Interpretation and Fluidity in a Rights Framework”: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Rights in the United States

Morgaine¹

2000

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These organizations are instrumental in developing policy and in framing the issues of domestic violence and human rights, many of which also work with specific racial and ethnic populations. Some of the primary research questions included: If the human rights discourse is being put to practical use within the US, how does it meet the needs of women of color, immigrants, and other women who have been marginalized? Does bringing the issue of domestic violence into a human rights framework reinscribe hegemonic feminism in ways that are either ineffectual or oppressive and colonizing to women of color, immigrants and/or women in marginalized groups in the US and if so, in what ways? Additional research objectives include assessing whether there is active resistance to adopting a human rights framework and benefits and challenges to using the framework. This research uses the critique and experiences of women of color as a focal point.Through the use of critical ethnography and autoethnography, this study examines the manner in which the power to frame and define social problems unfolds.Findings suggest a limited dialogue to date between national domestic violence and human rights organizations with a range of thoughts regarding potential benefits and barriers to reframing domestic violence as a human rights violation. Barriers include lack of resonance/U.S. exceptionalism, power of the State to direct funding and focus, and reluctance to shift status quo based in part in white privilege. Benefits of crossorganizational dialogue include expanding focus, building coalitions, and engaging diverse communities in addressing domestic violence issues. Intersectional issues related to gender, race/ethnicity, immigration, and sovereignty are also explored. This research suggests that social workers need to continue to critically assess the application of human rights to social justice issues and the role that privilege plays in social movements and social policy formation. 2

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Fracturing Domesticity: Media, Nationalism, and the Question of Feminist Influence

Cited by 68 publications

References 19 publications

Narratives of Native American Women and Tribal Courts: the Framing of the <i>Violence Against Women Act of 2013</i> in Mainstream, Native American, and Tribal Press Coverage

Narratives of Native American Women and Tribal Courts: the Framing of the <i>Violence Against Women Act of 2013</i> in Mainstream, Native American, and Tribal Press Coverage

An emperor without clothes: The Church's views about treatment of domestic violence

“Creative Interpretation and Fluidity in a Rights Framework”: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Rights in the United States

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