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Embracing the Other
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- Title: Embracing the Other: Illusions of Agency
- Author(s): Georganne Nordstrom
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations: Annual Review
- Keywords: Agency, Authentic, Others, Postmodern Rhetorical Theory, Representation
- Volume: 5
- Issue: 2
- Date: June 03, 2006
- ISSN: 1447-9532 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9583 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9532/CGP/v05i02/38881
- Citation: Nordstrom, Georganne. 2006. "Embracing the Other: Illusions of Agency." The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations: Annual Review 5 (2): 179-186. doi:10.18848/1447-9532/CGP/v05i02/38881.
- Extent: 8 pages
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Abstract
In this paper, I critique representations of Others to argue that authenticity implies agency; however, through such images, the dominant culture reproduces power structures and maintains economic and/or cultural capital.
