A Critical Discourse Analysis of an Australian Incarcerated Trans Woman's Letters of Complaint and Self-Advocacy

IF 0.6 4区社会学 Q3 ANTHROPOLOGY

Ethos Pub Date : 2022-06-21 DOI:10.1111/etho.12343

Sherree D. Halliwell, Carol du Plessis, Andrew Hickey, Jessica Gildersleeve, Amy B. Mullens, Tait Sanders, Kirsty A. Clark, Jaclyn M. W. Hughto, Joseph Debattista, Tania M. Phillips, Kirstie Daken, Annette Brömdal

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Abstract

This case study provides a critical discourse analysis of 121 letters of complaint and self-advocacy authored by Natasha Keating, a trans woman incarcerated in two Australian male correctional facilities from 2000 to 2007. During her incarceration, Natasha experienced victimization, misgendering, microaggression, and institutional discrimination. Despite this, Natasha embodied and “fought” against the injustices she experienced, whilst seeking to speak for other trans incarcerated persons also silenced and treated with indifference, contributing to changes in the carceral system. This original case study analyzes the discursive strategies Natasha employed to construct and reclaim an affirming self-identity through a deliberate campaign to effect social change and policy concessions within a system designed to curtail self-determination. Through her empathic and impassioned letter-writing approach, leveraging a military metaphor, this novel analysis showcases the significant implications her activism/agentism and determination had in naming and seeking to dismantle the systems of oppression trans incarcerated women experience.

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一位澳大利亚被监禁的跨性别女性的控诉与自我辩护信的批评性话语分析

本案例研究对娜塔莎·基廷(Natasha Keating)撰写的121封投诉信和自我辩护信进行了批判性话语分析。娜塔莎是一名跨性别女性，于2000年至2007年在澳大利亚两所男子教养机构服刑。在她的监禁期间，娜塔莎经历了受害，性别错误，微侵犯和制度歧视。尽管如此，娜塔莎体现并“反抗”她所经历的不公正，同时寻求为其他被监禁的变性人说话，这些人也被沉默和冷漠对待，为监狱系统的变化做出了贡献。这个原始的案例研究分析了娜塔莎运用的话语策略，通过一场有意的运动，在一个旨在限制自决的制度中影响社会变革和政策让步，来构建和收回肯定的自我认同。通过她的移情和充满激情的信件写作方式，利用军事隐喻，这本小说的分析展示了她的行动主义/代理主义和决心在命名和寻求拆除压迫变性监禁女性经历的系统方面的重要影响。

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Ethos Multiple-

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1.20

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16.70%

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期刊介绍： Ethos is an interdisciplinary and international quarterly journal devoted to scholarly articles dealing with the interrelationships between the individual and the sociocultural milieu, between the psychological disciplines and the social disciplines. The journal publishes work from a wide spectrum of research perspectives. Recent issues, for example, include papers on religion and ritual, medical practice, child development, family relationships, interactional dynamics, history and subjectivity, feminist approaches, emotion, cognitive modeling and cultural belief systems. Methodologies range from analyses of language and discourse, to ethnographic and historical interpretations, to experimental treatments and cross-cultural comparisons.