Affect, practice and contingency: critical discursive psychology and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Martinussen, Maree; Wetherell, Margaret

doi:10.1057/s41286-019-00071-y

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“…The second stage of analysis drew on the principles of critical discursive psychology (CDP; Edley, 2001; Martinussen & Wetherell, 2019; McAvoy, 2015; Taylor, 2015; Van Der Merwe & Wetherell, 2020), an approach concerned with the construction of versions of reality. This approach shares some core premises of discursive psychology, such as the action‐orientation of discourse (i.e., that accounts are constructed to do things; to achieve particular actions), and the way in which accounts and descriptions are constructed as factual or disinterested (Edwards & Potter, 1992).…”

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The cost of doing politics: A critical discursive analysis of Australian liberal politicians’ responses to accusations by female politicians of bullying and intimidation

Sorrentino

Augoustinos

LeCouteur

2022

Aust J Social Issues

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Recent conversations prompted by the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have put issues of workplace sexism, sexual harassment and sexual assault into the global spotlight. This paper examines how members of the Australian Liberal Party made sense of, and responded to, accusations by female Liberal MPs of bullying and intimidation in their party. Transcripts of media interviews identified by searching the ParlInfo database (between August and September 2018) were analysed using a critical discursive psychology approach. Two discursive repertoires were routinely mobilised in Liberal politicians' accounts: (1) a genderneutral repertoire whereby reported incidents of bullying were argued to apply equally to men and women, and (2) a 'politics is tough' repertoire that served to downplay and legitimise bullying and intimidation as normative and unproblematic. We argues that such repertoires functioned to silence talk about the relevance of gender and the persistence of inequality. Thebullying and intimidation experienced by women may | 525 SORRENTINO ET al.

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The cost of doing politics: A critical discursive analysis of Australian liberal politicians’ responses to accusations by female politicians of bullying and intimidation

Sorrentino

Augoustinos

LeCouteur

2022

Aust J Social Issues

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“…The second stage of the analysis drew on the principles of Critical Discursive Psychology (CDP; Edley, 2001; Martinussen & Wetherell, 2019; McAvoy, 2015; Taylor, 2015; Van Der Merwe & Wetherell, 2020; Wetherell et al., 2015), an approach concerned with how language constructs versions of reality. CDP shares some core premises of discursive psychology, such as the action-orientation of discourse, and a focus on how accounts and descriptions are constructed as factual or disinterested (Edwards & Potter, 1992).…”

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“…The analysis focused on identifying the discursive repertoires mobilised in media discussions pertaining to Clinton’s references to gender, and how these discursive framings functioned to achieve particular versions of reality. Taking a critical approach also means attending to “the ways people are positioned and the identities and subjectivities afforded by ideologies and discourses” (Martinussen & Wetherell, 2019, p. 105).…”

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“Deal me in”: Hillary Clinton and gender in the 2016 US presidential election

Sorrentino

Augoustinos

LeCouteur

2021

Feminism & Psychology

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Hillary Clinton’s nomination as the first female presidential candidate to represent a major party in the 2016 US presidential election represented a key moment in US history. The focus on her gender during the campaign was intensified following the accusation by Republican Party nominee, Donald Trump, that Clinton was “playing the woman card”. The present article explores US media constructions of Clinton’s orientation to the topic of gender during the presidential campaign. Data were identified by searching the Lexis Advance® database between 4 February 2016 and 8 November 2016. Using a qualitative methodology guided by a Critical Discursive Psychology approach, we identify two discursive repertoires that were repeatedly mobilised in these media accounts: 1) a repertoire in which the principle of merit was used to undermine arguments for gender equality, and 2) a repertoire in which Clinton’s espoused version of feminism was undermined as ‘old-fashioned’. These repertoires functioned to de-legitimise Clinton as a political candidate by positioning her as seeking special treatment as a woman, who played the victim of sexism and was out of touch with the interests and concerns of female voters. We demonstrate how attempts to counter such characterisations can be problematic for female leaders.

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“…The young man on the bus, observing another's selfie practice, is affectively entangled, in relationship with the person whose selfie practices move him to "take a snap of that person and write something nasty". In such a moment, versions of the self are accomplished, and particular subjectivities are composed (Martinussen and Wetherell, 2019). Asgeir appears to be sufficiently entangled in, and moved by, this situation that he and another participant, Tobias, elaborate on this for several turns in the focus group.…”

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Streams of fun and cringe: talking about Snapchat as mediated affective practice

2019

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How do young people interpret and negotiate their sense of being affected in the context of social media use? Our study draws on recent theorizing that views affective practices as discursive, relational, and imbued with power. We specifically address practices that users engage in as they pursue forms of digitally mediated emotional involvement when using Snapchat, an image-based social media application. Our data consist of focus group dialogues with Norwegian students aged 16-19, recruited from schools selected for socioeconomic and multicultural diversity. Excerpts exemplify how Snapchat use is not only engagingly talked about, but also affects non-digital everyday interactions. The analysis illustrates how young people's talk about Snapchat deploys various discursive objects that convey promises of happiness and well-being, and affords particular forms of subjectivity. Image-sharing practices, and how they are communicated and felt, are embedded in and reproduce social norms, yet also provide spaces of belonging.

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Affect, practice and contingency: critical discursive psychology and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Cited by 17 publications

References 60 publications

The cost of doing politics: A critical discursive analysis of Australian liberal politicians’ responses to accusations by female politicians of bullying and intimidation

The cost of doing politics: A critical discursive analysis of Australian liberal politicians’ responses to accusations by female politicians of bullying and intimidation

“Deal me in”: Hillary Clinton and gender in the 2016 US presidential election

Streams of fun and cringe: talking about Snapchat as mediated affective practice

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