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Importance of Rhetoric upon Marginalized Groups

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Melissa Lee

This week in my ASTU class, we have been studying memoirs of marginalized groups, particularly people with disabilities, in terms of representation and roles of hegemonic society in reinforcing stigmas upon the group. This is crucial to study because, as … Continue reading →

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“Faking It” is Still Well Alive

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Melissa Lee

Ever since my ASTU class started to look into the theme of “faking it” from Fred Wah’s Diamond Grill, I found the psychology behind the mechanism quite intriguing. In Fred Wah’s case, we learn that he follows a front-stage “performance” or … Continue reading →

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