Power in Hidden Figures: A critical discourse analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adria McCardy ◽  
Jonathan Matusitz
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Black Women ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
True Story ◽  
Sexist Discrimination ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
Discursive Power

This article examines the concept of power in the 2016 movie Hidden Figures. This true story portrays the lives of three mathematicians who prevailed over oppressive racial and gender relations (i.e. as African American women) while working at National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the early 1960s. The method driving this analysis is critical discourse analysis (CDA). The ultimate objective of this analysis is to expose the racial and sexist discrimination experienced by the main protagonists in the movie and, more generally, the inequalities that Black women faced in the post-Second World War era. Several key constructs are emphasized: racial discrimination, sexism and discursive power tools such as word connotations, social semiotics and suppression/lexical absence.

Creating Intersectional Subjects: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Health Science Breastfeeding Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 233264922098109
Author(s):  
Shannon K. Carter ◽  
Ashley Stone ◽  
Lain Graham ◽  
Jonathan M. Cox
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Race Disparities ◽  
Breastfeeding Policy

Reducing race disparities in breastfeeding has become a health objective in the United States, spurring research aimed to identify causes and consequences of disparate rates. This study uses critical discourse analysis to assess how Black women are constructed in 80 quantitative health science research articles on breastfeeding disparities in the United States. Our analysis is grounded in critical race and intersectionality scholarship, which argues that researchers often incorrectly treat race and its intersections as causal mechanisms. Our findings reveal two distinct representations. Most commonly, race, gender, and their intersection are portrayed as essential characteristics of individuals. Black women are portrayed as a fixed category, possessing characteristics that inhibit breastfeeding; policy implications focus on modifying Black women’s characteristics to increase breastfeeding. Less commonly, Black women are portrayed as a diverse group who occupy a social position in society resulting from similar social and material conditions, seeking to identify factors that facilitate or inhibit breastfeeding. Policy implications emphasize mitigating structural barriers that disproportionately impact some Black women. We contribute to existing knowledge by demonstrating how dominant health science approaches provide evidence for health promotion campaigns that are unlikely to reduce health disparities and may do more harm than good to Black women. We also demonstrate the existence of a problematic knowledge set about Black women’s reproductive and infant feeding practices that is both ahistorical and decontextualized.

Controlling images, comments, and online communities: A critical discourse analysis of conversations about Black Women HBCU presidents

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 102330
Author(s):  
Felecia Commodore ◽  
Amanda Washington Lockett ◽  
A.C. Johnson ◽  
Cheleah Googe ◽  
Megan Covington
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Controlling Images

scholarly journals Hegemoni Metroseksual dalam Iklan Grooming di Majalah FHM Indonesia

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobertus Ribut Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Cosmetic Products ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
And Gender

Abstract: This research is derived from a formulation of how FHM Indonesia magazine conducts metrosexual hegemony through grooming advertisements. This research is descriptive by using critical discourse analysis methods with the objects are grooming advertisements on FHM Indonesia magazine edition September 2008 – September 2009. The results show some forms of hegemony: men should be aware of the appearance by using cosmetic products that make them more feminine by doing face treatments, narcissistic by adopting the idols, macho who understand the appearance, and romantic by proposing the aspects of love, friendship, and gender equalization. These hegemonies push the mindset of societies to follow the lifestyle of metrosexual.Abstrak: Penelitian ini berangkat dari suatu permasalahan bagaimana FHM Indonesia menjalankan hegemoni metroseksual melalui iklan grooming. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif dengan metode analisis wacana kritis, dengan objek penelitian adalah iklan grooming di majalan FHM Indonesia edisi Sepetember 2008-September 2009. Hasil penelitian menunjukan beberap bentuk hegemoni: laki-laki harus sadar akan penampilannya dengan menggunakan kosmetik yang membuat mereka lebih feminin dengan melakukan perawatan, narsis dengan meniru idolanya, macho yang sadar akan penampilan, dan romantis dengan mengedepankan aspek kasih sayang, persahabatan, dan kesetaraan gender. Hegemoni tersebut mendorong pola pikir masyarakat untuk mengikuti gaya hidup metroseksual.

scholarly journals MENJADI BINTANG ATAU BINATANG Analisis Wacana “Othering” dalam Film “The Greatest Showman”

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Devi Nirmala Muthia Sayekti
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Business People ◽  
True Story

This paper is aimed to analyse critically towards a film entitled “The Greatest Showman” related to its content which is problematic in its way to represent those “unique” persons. This film is created based on true story about P. T. Barnum, a politician and a business man in performing arts production. As a text in the cultural studies, this movie brings a discourse that can show how the reality is, especially in the field of entertainment and performing arts business. People considered as a “unique,” or maybe “weird,” always be narrated as the other, beyond the normal. They will be shown as an object to be laughed. From this point, I employed critical discourse analysis from Norman Fairclough, concerning in language used within this movie. We, then, would see how those “unique” persons will be placed as the other in very subtile way.

scholarly journals A PERFORMANCE NARRATIVA DO JOGADOR RONALDO COMO FENÔMENO SEXUAL EM UM JORNAL CARIOCA: MULTIMODALIDADE, POSICIONAMENTO E ICONICIDADE

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Paulo Da Moita Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Narrative Performance ◽  
A Performance

RESUMO: Pormeio do instrumental analítico de uma análise crítica e multimodal do discurso e de teorizações da narrativa e do gênero como performance, a primeira parte do artigo analisa a performance narrativa demasculinidade hegemônica do jogador Ronaldo em um texto jornalístico. A segunda focaliza posicionamentos interacionais de dois homens, gerados em uma entrevista de grupo focal sobre o mesmo texto. Os resultados apontamcomo esses leitores iconicizam em seus posicionamentos aqueles que aparecem no diário. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: análise crítica do discurso, multimodalidade, gênero, narrativa, performance. ABSTRACT: Through the analytical tool of a critical andmultimodal analysis of discourse and of the theorizing of narrative and gender as performance, the first part of this paper analyses the narrative performance of hegemonic masculinity of the footballer Ronaldo in a journalistic text. The second part focuses on the interactional positioning of two men, generated in a focus-group interview about the same text. The results show how the positioning of these readers iconicizes those that appear in the newspaper. KEY-WORDS: critical discourse analysis, multimodality, gender, narrative, performance.

scholarly journals “Her Winning Personality”: Critical Discourse Analysis of Media Portrayals of Females in Sport

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Esford
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Gender Expectations ◽  
Gender Hierarchy ◽  
Gender Hierarchies ◽  
And Gender

At the intersection of fourth-wave feminism and third-wave sports media research, this critical discourse analysis will focus on the ways in which gender hierarchy and gender expectations are manifested in articles on ESPN.com. Through the investigation of sports media framing techniques, the ESPN articles in examination construct an idealized female identity within sports through the language used. This narrow view of female athletes allows for the power and influence that sports media has to construct gender hierarchies in the media landscape. Using Fairclough’s (1989) method of conducting a critical discourse analysis, the prevalent sports media sentiments about Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe, and Serena Williams will illustrate the sexist, racist, and homophobic language used. Through applying the Televised Sports Manhood Formula (Messner et. al, 2000) as a foundational discourse in sports media to journalism, the hierarchy of sports media results in the use of character framing techniques for sportswomen. When aspects like ambivalence and non-sports related information are emphasized, these strategies uphold the masculine hegemony of sports media. Keywords: Sports media sentiment, gender, gender hierarchy, critical discourse analysis, Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe, Serena Williams.

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