Religious Victimization as Social Empowerment in Narratives of Discrimination from California's Proposition 8 Campaign
- Degree Grantor:
- University of California, Santa Barbara. Linguistics
- Degree Supervisor:
- Mary Bucholtz
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, Calif.]
- Publisher:
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Creation Date:
- 2012
- Issued Date:
- 2012
- Topics:
- Language, Linguistics, Sociology, Sociolinguistics, and GLBT Studies
- Keywords:
- Same-sex marriage,
Narrative,
Identity,
Victimization,
Religion, and
Discrimination - Genres:
- Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
- Dissertation:
- M.A.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
- Description:
One of the premier social issues in contemporary US politics is that of same-sex marriage. This research explores language use and identity construction by same-sex marriage supporters through narratives of discrimination. This thesis analyzes data collected through the non-profit Marriage Equality USA, wherein narrators respond to a survey question about experiences of discrimination during California's Proposition 8 campaign, a statewide initiative that repealed the rights of same-sex couples to marry. In doing so, narrators use ideologies of religion and religious affiliation to: (1) construct a victim identity in relation to their experiences, (2) use this as a springboard to challenge their victimization, (3) establish opposition between individual and institutional positioning of religious identity, and (4) switch roles with their victimizers with respect to victim and empowered positions. In doing so, narrators use victimization as empowerment to convey a progressive position in an inevitably successful social movement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 pages)
- Format:
- Text
- Collection(s):
- UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
- Other Versions:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1519485
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f34t6g9d
- ISBN:
- 9781267649898
- Catalog System Number:
- 990038916060203776
- Copyright:
- Christopher VanderStouwe, 2012
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- Copyright Holder:
- Christopher VanderStouwe
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