Author Archives: Sana Fatima

Booth’s Miseducation and “Fake News”

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Sana Fatima

I am very fascinated by how knowledge and information are produced, spread, and believed, and I am particularly interested in how this process manifests itself in the 2016 US Presidential Elections (or any political movement and momentum in general). Firstly, … Continue reading →

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UR #3: Recognizing the Other and Defining the Self

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Sana Fatima

These past few weeks, we have been exploring the concept of the self and the other, and using US race relations as an arena for the application of these ideas. While looking at historical race relations, power structures, and their … Continue reading →

Posted in Within Borders - America and “The Other” | 2 Comments

UR #2: Labelling Theory, Identity and America

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Sana Fatima

These past two weeks, I have found that a common theme that threads together nationalism, identity and social exclusion is that of imagined truth. The nation is defined by imagined truths about boundary and nationhood, which then manifest themselves through … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing the Social Through (and within) Rhetoric

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Sana Fatima

This week, I was introduced to the discipline of rhetoric, which in simpler terms, involves the art of persuasion, speaking well, and expressing clearly (Booth 6). As a student of sociology, I have often discussed the role of public address … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary American Society pre-2016 | 2 Comments