Date of Award
2014-01-01
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
English Rhetoric and Composition
Advisor(s)
Kate Mangelsdorf
Abstract
This project addresses the various constructions of citizenship and considers the concept of a participatory citizenship. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) is an example of how citizenship activities are performed by a transnational feminist organization and how the members' actions contrast with the frames about Afghan women provided by the United States government and news outlets. Feminist critical discourse analysis is used to analyze texts from these groups in order to consider how citizenship is constructed and/or denied to othered women. The texts analyzed demonstrate how colonial concepts impact Afghan women and feminist rhetorical studies demonstrates the connections between activist work and rhetoric.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2014
File Size
306 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Lauren M. Connolly
Recommended Citation
Connolly, Lauren M., "Constructing a Participatory Citizenship: Rhetoric and Agency of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan" (2014). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 1222.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/1222