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“We are the Church”: A Roman Catholic Sister’s Narrative of Resistance and Plurality

Dames, Ann L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276976799

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2010, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Communication.
In August 2009, Sister Louise Akers was banned from teaching in the archdiocese of Cincinnati after refusing to denounce her support of women’s ordination as priests. This thesis combines several theoretical frameworks to perform a unique discursive, feminist analysis of Sister Akers’ experience of conflict within the Roman Catholic Church. This thesis is grounded in the foundational assumptions of the feminist communicology (Ashcraft and Mumby, 2004) and discursive psychology (Potter and Wetherell, 1987) perspectives, and focuses on membership categorization (Jayusi, 1984), and positioning work (Harre and van Langenhove, 1999) as resources utilized by Sister Akers to create space of action when constructing her identity and maneuvering within competing Discourses. Through the use of “The Listening Guide,” a feminist, narrative method (Brown and Gilligan, 1992), this thesis illuminates the aforementioned theoretical concepts within Sister Akers’ narrative of plurality and resistance.
Gail Fairhurst, PhD (Committee Chair)
Heather Zoller, PhD (Committee Member)
Suzanne Boys, PhD (Committee Member)
99 p.
Communication
discourse; gender; organization; identity; power; religion

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  • Dames, A. L. (2010). “We are the Church”: A Roman Catholic Sister’s Narrative of Resistance and Plurality [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276976799

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dames, Ann. “We are the Church”: A Roman Catholic Sister’s Narrative of Resistance and Plurality. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276976799.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dames, Ann. "“We are the Church”: A Roman Catholic Sister’s Narrative of Resistance and Plurality." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276976799

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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