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Moving Words / Words that Move: An Analysis of Discursive Practices Plaguing U.S. Servicewomen

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dc.contributor.authorGrohowski, Marianaen
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-29T04:31:18Zen
dc.date.available2014-01-29T04:31:18Zen
dc.date.copyright2013en
dc.date.issued2013-04-15en
dc.description.abstractThrough a rhetorical analysis of three terms commonly used in military culture to describe servicewomen, this paper aims to inform instructors of the influence repeated exposure to visual/verbal practices (Fleckenstein; Sheridan-Rabideau) can have on female student veterans. The three terms focused on in this paper are: 1) "trou" used to refer to West Point female cadets' body shape; 2) the phrase "Queen for a Year," which is the "default status" all women are ascribed in the Armed Forces; and 3) the military cadence or "Jody call," which couples the call and response of sexually‑degrading messages with marching in formation. After establishing the exigency for increased attention to the effects of (military) cultured language practices have on female student veterans; a rhetorical analysis of the three terms commonly used in military culture to describe servicewomen follows; before closing with pedagogical implications for cultivating a pedagogy of inclusion for female student veterans, through a critical engagement with language.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentationen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25208en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.publisherVeterans in Society: Changing the Discourseen
dc.relation.ispartofVeterans in Society: Changing the Discourseen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderGrohowski, Marianaen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectServicewomenen
dc.subjectLanguageen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectFemale student veteransen
dc.subjectPedagogyen
dc.subject.lcshVeterans' writingsen
dc.subject.lcshWomen veteransen
dc.subject.lcshWomen and the militaryen
dc.titleMoving Words / Words that Move: An Analysis of Discursive Practices Plaguing U.S. Servicewomenen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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