Pub Date : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1931707
Jenna N. Hanchey
ABSTRACT This essay examines the politics of embodiment in The Wormwood Trilogy in relation to queerness, transness, and decoloniality, and how the struggles for embodied self-determination are metaphorically connected to the struggles for African liberation in Africanfuturism. I argue that The Wormwood Trilogy affirms African queer and trans relations to embodiment by not only proclaiming the embodiment of the self, but also recognizing the importance of transformation and (re)creation to embodied personhood. I conclude with the ways using Africanfuturism as theory can decolonize queer and trans intercultural futures.
{"title":"“The self is embodied”: Reading queer and trans Africanfuturism in The Wormwood Trilogy","authors":"Jenna N. Hanchey","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1931707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1931707","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This essay examines the politics of embodiment in The Wormwood Trilogy in relation to queerness, transness, and decoloniality, and how the struggles for embodied self-determination are metaphorically connected to the struggles for African liberation in Africanfuturism. I argue that The Wormwood Trilogy affirms African queer and trans relations to embodiment by not only proclaiming the embodiment of the self, but also recognizing the importance of transformation and (re)creation to embodied personhood. I conclude with the ways using Africanfuturism as theory can decolonize queer and trans intercultural futures.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"320 - 334"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88598063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-06DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1918213
Melissa A. Click, A. Edgar, H. Holladay
ABSTRACT In August 2016, San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the United States’ national anthem. Throughout the National Football League’s 2016–2017 season, Kaepernick and other NFL players acting in solidarity maintained their refusal to stand for the national anthem. We explore NFL fans’ reactions to and feelings about the player protests inspired by Colin Kaepernick with interviews with 41 participants conducted between November 2017 and February 2018. We highlight how fans’ private talk about race is shaped by their strong feelings about race and social justice, particularly around their beliefs about the purpose and function of sports, feelings about players’ rights and responsibilities, and reaction to the NFL’s response to Kaepernick. Knowledge of and comfort discussing systemic racism was a key component in fans’ support for or opposition to the player protests. We argue that the way that NFL fans talk about the protests is shaped by the U.S. history of racial injustice, which is linked, both historically and in our interview participants’ statements, to issues of economics, ownership, and wealth inequality.
{"title":"Race talk, fandom, and the legacy of plantation culture in the NFL player protests","authors":"Melissa A. Click, A. Edgar, H. Holladay","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1918213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1918213","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In August 2016, San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the United States’ national anthem. Throughout the National Football League’s 2016–2017 season, Kaepernick and other NFL players acting in solidarity maintained their refusal to stand for the national anthem. We explore NFL fans’ reactions to and feelings about the player protests inspired by Colin Kaepernick with interviews with 41 participants conducted between November 2017 and February 2018. We highlight how fans’ private talk about race is shaped by their strong feelings about race and social justice, particularly around their beliefs about the purpose and function of sports, feelings about players’ rights and responsibilities, and reaction to the NFL’s response to Kaepernick. Knowledge of and comfort discussing systemic racism was a key component in fans’ support for or opposition to the player protests. We argue that the way that NFL fans talk about the protests is shaped by the U.S. history of racial injustice, which is linked, both historically and in our interview participants’ statements, to issues of economics, ownership, and wealth inequality.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"93 1","pages":"256 - 273"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90992228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1916569
M. Lapinski, R. Liu, J. Kerr, Jinhuan Zhao, Tsering Bum, Zhi Lu
ABSTRACT Conceptions of what is typical (descriptive norms) and socially appropriate (injunctive norms) are constrained by culture. Based on interviews with Tibetan pastoralists in Western China, we examine social norms and behaviors associated with managing domesticated animals. We describe the ways that behavioral decisions are influenced by interpersonal communication and observation of norms, along with ecological, market, and policy forces. Explicit communication about norms occurs primarily under problematic conditions, in times of change or policy introduction. Findings reinforce the relevance of understanding the culturally bound dimensions of social norms and the need to ground theory and research on social influence in intercultural communication concepts.
{"title":"Culture and social norms: Behavioral decisions about grassland conservation among ethnically Tibetan pastoralists","authors":"M. Lapinski, R. Liu, J. Kerr, Jinhuan Zhao, Tsering Bum, Zhi Lu","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1916569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1916569","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Conceptions of what is typical (descriptive norms) and socially appropriate (injunctive norms) are constrained by culture. Based on interviews with Tibetan pastoralists in Western China, we examine social norms and behaviors associated with managing domesticated animals. We describe the ways that behavioral decisions are influenced by interpersonal communication and observation of norms, along with ecological, market, and policy forces. Explicit communication about norms occurs primarily under problematic conditions, in times of change or policy introduction. Findings reinforce the relevance of understanding the culturally bound dimensions of social norms and the need to ground theory and research on social influence in intercultural communication concepts.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"26 1","pages":"333 - 354"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83066989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-05DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1901957
E. C. Dame-Griff
ABSTRACT This article examines the trajectory of “Latinx” as a discursive marker of inclusivity and diversity within spaces that value recognition as inclusive, sensitive to diversity, and engaged with social justice. I argue that while the term’s wide adoption during the last five years reflects a laudable shift toward gender-inclusive language, it also demonstrates a narrow vision of inclusivity that disregards marginalized communities’ need for and development of community-specific language. This is a co-optation of the right to self-naming demanded by trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals of Latin American descent. Ultimately, I suggest that the development of “Latinx” demonstrates a reformulation of the term by academic and activist actors whose definitional practices focus on the usefulness of Latinx for institutions and organizations rather than marginalized individuals and community members.
{"title":"What do we mean when we say “Latinx?”: Definitional power, the limits of inclusivity, and the (un/re)constitution of an identity category","authors":"E. C. Dame-Griff","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1901957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1901957","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article examines the trajectory of “Latinx” as a discursive marker of inclusivity and diversity within spaces that value recognition as inclusive, sensitive to diversity, and engaged with social justice. I argue that while the term’s wide adoption during the last five years reflects a laudable shift toward gender-inclusive language, it also demonstrates a narrow vision of inclusivity that disregards marginalized communities’ need for and development of community-specific language. This is a co-optation of the right to self-naming demanded by trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals of Latin American descent. Ultimately, I suggest that the development of “Latinx” demonstrates a reformulation of the term by academic and activist actors whose definitional practices focus on the usefulness of Latinx for institutions and organizations rather than marginalized individuals and community members.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"119 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89402386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-23DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1897152
Adam Komisarof
ABSTRACT Contemporary global migrant flows challenge national ingroup boundaries, leading to demands for greater inclusivity of those migrants in receiving societies worldwide. Utilizing the specific case of Japanese and foreigners in Japan, this study aimed to validate Komisarof's framework of workplace belonging. The framework refines understanding of how perceptions of belonging – particularly the degrees to which people see themselves accepted as members of another group’s cultural-linguistic community and as core members of their shared work organization – impact quality and effectiveness of intercultural work relations for both migrants and members of the host society. Instruments measuring both dimensions of belonging were validated first through a review of potential items by a panel of experts, followed by an exploratory factor analysis of retained items with a sample of 228 respondents (116 Japanese and 112 non-Japanese representing 24 nationalities). Relationships between four permutations of belonging, termed ontological interpretive spaces (“OIS”), and four outcome variables (job effectiveness, flourishing, organizational commitment, and intercultural competence) were hypothesized and tested. Significant effects of OIS were found for job effectiveness, flourishing, and organizational commitment, providing evidence of belonging’s effects on these crucial acculturation outcomes in intercultural work contexts.
{"title":"A new framework of workplace belonging: Instrument validation and testing relationships to crucial acculturation outcomes","authors":"Adam Komisarof","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1897152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1897152","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Contemporary global migrant flows challenge national ingroup boundaries, leading to demands for greater inclusivity of those migrants in receiving societies worldwide. Utilizing the specific case of Japanese and foreigners in Japan, this study aimed to validate Komisarof's framework of workplace belonging. The framework refines understanding of how perceptions of belonging – particularly the degrees to which people see themselves accepted as members of another group’s cultural-linguistic community and as core members of their shared work organization – impact quality and effectiveness of intercultural work relations for both migrants and members of the host society. Instruments measuring both dimensions of belonging were validated first through a review of potential items by a panel of experts, followed by an exploratory factor analysis of retained items with a sample of 228 respondents (116 Japanese and 112 non-Japanese representing 24 nationalities). Relationships between four permutations of belonging, termed ontological interpretive spaces (“OIS”), and four outcome variables (job effectiveness, flourishing, organizational commitment, and intercultural competence) were hypothesized and tested. Significant effects of OIS were found for job effectiveness, flourishing, and organizational commitment, providing evidence of belonging’s effects on these crucial acculturation outcomes in intercultural work contexts.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"24 1","pages":"311 - 332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78199138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-16DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1896023
Maria Shpeer, Lindsey Meeks
ABSTRACT Ksenia Sobchak, the only female candidate to make it to Election Day in the 2018 Russian presidential elections, faced many gender and political hurdles. We conducted quantitative content-analysis of Russian media coverage to see whether coverage added to these challenges. Using social role theory, we discussed how the five most popular Russian online news outlets labeled Sobchak, covered political issues and character traits. The results showed that news outlets used more legitimizing than delegitimizing labels, emphasized masculine issues and feminine traits. Comparing “credible” and tabloid press revealed mixed findings and highlights how outlets within these categories can differ in Russia.
{"title":"“The stiletto in Putin’s side”: Analyzing Russian media coverage of the only female presidential candidate in 2018","authors":"Maria Shpeer, Lindsey Meeks","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1896023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1896023","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ksenia Sobchak, the only female candidate to make it to Election Day in the 2018 Russian presidential elections, faced many gender and political hurdles. We conducted quantitative content-analysis of Russian media coverage to see whether coverage added to these challenges. Using social role theory, we discussed how the five most popular Russian online news outlets labeled Sobchak, covered political issues and character traits. The results showed that news outlets used more legitimizing than delegitimizing labels, emphasized masculine issues and feminine traits. Comparing “credible” and tabloid press revealed mixed findings and highlights how outlets within these categories can differ in Russia.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"6 1","pages":"165 - 184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72665679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-16DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1896768
Marwa I. Abdalla, Yea-Wen Chen
ABSTRACT Muslim parents in the United States negotiate their intersecting identities and roles as parents amidst increasing (white) nationalism and anti-Muslim racism. In this qualitative study, we draw on cultural identity theory (CIT) to examine how sixteen cis-heterosexual/educated/able-bodied Muslim women parenting children in the United States make sense of their identity negotiations as individuals and parents. Our analysis identifies three overlapping themes highlighting struggles and resilience while parenting. We offer the concept of “didactic avowals” that describes contextually-contingent avowals aimed at instructing and disrupting hegemonic stereotypes and conclude by discussing the implications of these findings in light of CIT.
{"title":"“So, it’s like you’re swimming against the tide”: Didactic avowals and parenting as intersectional Muslim women in the United States","authors":"Marwa I. Abdalla, Yea-Wen Chen","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1896768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1896768","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Muslim parents in the United States negotiate their intersecting identities and roles as parents amidst increasing (white) nationalism and anti-Muslim racism. In this qualitative study, we draw on cultural identity theory (CIT) to examine how sixteen cis-heterosexual/educated/able-bodied Muslim women parenting children in the United States make sense of their identity negotiations as individuals and parents. Our analysis identifies three overlapping themes highlighting struggles and resilience while parenting. We offer the concept of “didactic avowals” that describes contextually-contingent avowals aimed at instructing and disrupting hegemonic stereotypes and conclude by discussing the implications of these findings in light of CIT.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"466 1","pages":"274 - 295"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79632023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-16DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1897153
Sakina Jangbar
ABSTRACT Western feminist writers often associate voice with empowerment and treat silence as a manifestation of a woman’s powerlessness. Although the significance of voice cannot be minimized, the association of silence with victimization is flawed. This essay analyzes the silent appearance of Ghazala Khan, a Pakistani Muslim woman, at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Using post-colonial methodology, I argue that her silence was an expression of her agency rather than her powerlessness. My analysis focuses on Trump’s comments, Ghazala’s post-convention remarks, and Ghazala’s dupatta (light scarf). The impulse to essentialize silence can be checked by examining contextual information surrounding the silence.
{"title":"Silence of a Pakistani Muslim woman: The influence of culture on the meaning of silence","authors":"Sakina Jangbar","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1897153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1897153","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Western feminist writers often associate voice with empowerment and treat silence as a manifestation of a woman’s powerlessness. Although the significance of voice cannot be minimized, the association of silence with victimization is flawed. This essay analyzes the silent appearance of Ghazala Khan, a Pakistani Muslim woman, at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Using post-colonial methodology, I argue that her silence was an expression of her agency rather than her powerlessness. My analysis focuses on Trump’s comments, Ghazala’s post-convention remarks, and Ghazala’s dupatta (light scarf). The impulse to essentialize silence can be checked by examining contextual information surrounding the silence.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"204 1","pages":"132 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90471292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-02-13DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1876241
Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Barbara Loranc-Paszylk
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of Virtual Exchange (VE) on the development of global citizenship competences. One hundred and six participants from universities in Mexico, Poland, Spain, and the USA took part in a 6-week synchronous VE. Adapting Reysen, S., and Katzarska-Miller, I. (2013. A model of global citizenship: Antecedents and outcomes. International Journal of Psychology, 48(5), 858–870. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2012.701749) survey, VE participants were asked to rate global citizenship and their approval for prosocial values and behaviours such as: intergroup empathy and valuing diversity. These results, along with qualitative analyses of open-ended questions, provided evidence of global citizenship development. This development illustrates how instructors could implement VE that could include tasks aiming at fostering global citizenship development.
{"title":"The role of intercultural virtual exchanges in global citizenship development","authors":"Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Barbara Loranc-Paszylk","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1876241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1876241","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of Virtual Exchange (VE) on the development of global citizenship competences. One hundred and six participants from universities in Mexico, Poland, Spain, and the USA took part in a 6-week synchronous VE. Adapting Reysen, S., and Katzarska-Miller, I. (2013. A model of global citizenship: Antecedents and outcomes. International Journal of Psychology, 48(5), 858–870. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2012.701749) survey, VE participants were asked to rate global citizenship and their approval for prosocial values and behaviours such as: intergroup empathy and valuing diversity. These results, along with qualitative analyses of open-ended questions, provided evidence of global citizenship development. This development illustrates how instructors could implement VE that could include tasks aiming at fostering global citizenship development.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"222 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75267957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-02-13DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2021.1881146
S. Bishop
ABSTRACT This paper draws on asylum court hearing observations and oral history interviews with asylum seekers and governmental personnel to examine the impact of nonverbal communication and displays of emotion in asylum interviews and hearings in the United States. The narrators describe why nonverbal communication plays such a central role in the asylum process and, building on theoretical foundations from communication studies, the paper offers an in-depth illustration of the ways eye contact and movement in particular influence the interpretations of asylum seekers’ claims for protection.
{"title":"“What does a torture survivor look like?” Nonverbal communication in US asylum interviews and hearings","authors":"S. Bishop","doi":"10.1080/17513057.2021.1881146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2021.1881146","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper draws on asylum court hearing observations and oral history interviews with asylum seekers and governmental personnel to examine the impact of nonverbal communication and displays of emotion in asylum interviews and hearings in the United States. The narrators describe why nonverbal communication plays such a central role in the asylum process and, building on theoretical foundations from communication studies, the paper offers an in-depth illustration of the ways eye contact and movement in particular influence the interpretations of asylum seekers’ claims for protection.","PeriodicalId":45717,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Intercultural Communication","volume":"60 1","pages":"185 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76246764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}