counter-discourses

[Patti Dunmire]

Flyss ,

I am in the very early stages of a project that looks at "nondominant"
discourses that oppose the dominant discourses re: globalization,
neoliberalism etc.  I am using the texts of the Zapatistas in Chiapas
Mexico to see how they talk about globalization and the future in order to
understand how they subvert, reject, etc. the metaphors, epistemologies,
etc. of the dominant discourses produced by the U.S., Britian etc.  At this
point, I've only produced a conference paper on this issue, but hope to get
more work done on it this summer.

Take care,
Patti

At 03:26 PM 4/23/05, you wrote:
>Hi there,
>I am looking for help and a push in the right direction. And perhaps
>collaboration?! Is anyone working on 'counter-discourses'? Or 'subversive
>/ emancipatory / resistant' discourses?
>
>i'm researching the representation of Russia in the press. At the moment
>i'm fascinated by the way an 'oppositional' discourse/opinion/position
>finds its way into a journal (e.g. for one particular newspaper in
>Britain, Russia is consistently the Big Bad Guy [Re-Stalinization,
>brutality in Chechnya, roll-back of democracy, etc], but sometimes a
>comment piece is printed which supports Russian policies and actions).
>
>So far i haven't found much published work on counter-discourses from a
>CDA perspective. There is a lot of writing on activism and alternative
>media contesting the mainstream media (e.g. McChesney 2004, Atton 2002,
>Couldry and Curran 2003), but there's nothing discursive about these papers.
>There is Jim Martin and David Rose's (2003) Positive Discourse Analysis
>from SFL, but they don't really discuss 'contesting' a dominant position;
>their focus is more on positive, uplifting texts.
>Then there is George Lakoff (2004) and his metaphoric re-framing of the
>debate - which does suggest ways of countering a prevalent position, e.g.,
>in the nation-as-family, progressives should reframe politicians as
>'nurturing parent' (as progressives see them), rather than 'strict father'
>(the conservatives' view). But he only focuses on the
>overarching/underlying conceptual metaphor.
>
>Carmen Rosa Caldas-Couthard (2003) wrote an interesting piece mentioning
>counter-discourse: about the Brazilian press reaction to foreign press
>coverage of Brazil, and also the way they use parody to mock the 'first
>world'. But she is analysing a press organization which counters a
>different press organization (not an article which counters the dominant
>position in that same newspaper).
>The final thing which looks intriguing is Michael Bomberg and Molly
>Andrews (Eds) (2004) 'Considering Counter-Narratives: Narrating,
>resisting, making sense'. My library is working on it!
>
>Can you add to this list?!
>Thanks,
>Flyss
>
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>Atton, C. (2002). "News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical
>journalism and the mainstream media." Journalism Studies 3(4): 491-505.
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>Caldas-Couthard, C. R. (2003). 'Cross-cultural representations of
>'Otherness' in media discourse'. In Weiss, G. and Wodak, R., Critical
>Discourse Analysis: Theory and Interdisciplinarity. New York, Palgrave
>Macmillan.
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>Couldry, N. and Curran J., Eds. (2003). Contesting Media Power:
>Alternative Media in a Networked World. Oxford, Rowman and Littlefield.
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>Lakoff, G. (2004). Don't think of an elephant! : know your values and
>frame the debate: the essential guide for progressives. White River
>Junction, Vt., Chelsea Green Pub Co.
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>Martin, J. and Rose, D. (2002) Working With Discourse : Meaning beyond the
>clause. London, Continuum.
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>McChesney, R. W. and Scott, Ben, Eds. (2004). Our Unfree Press : 100 years
>of radical media criticism. New York, New Press.
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Patricia L. Dunmire
Associate Professor of Rhetoric
Department of English
113 Satterfield Hall
Kent State University
Kent OH  44242
330-672-1758
pdunmire at kent.edu
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