Maureen Kosse
Biographic Data
| ID | 1537804 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maureen Kosse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maureen |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosse |
| SIGNATURE | KOSSE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder , Colorado , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Referentialism and Discursive Parallels between US “Alt-Right” and “Gender-Critical” Conspiracism
This article examines the role of language ideology in the argumentation of both “alt-right” and “gender-critical” discourses about gender. While positioning themselves on different sides of the left-right political spectrum, both groups make use of referentialist language ideologies to establish themselves as authorities over language. Referentialism is a type of tautological reasoning that posits language and dictionary-style definitions as the…
Ted Cruz cucks again’
This article provides a multimodal semiotic analysis of the word cuck as used in online white supremacist spaces. A fundamental belief of the white supremacist ‘alt-right’ movement is an anti-Semitic narrative that positions Jewish people as a ‘global elite’ that seeks to oppress and eliminate white populations. Central to this belief is that Jewish people actively manipulate populations of colour, Black people in particular, to overtake white po…
From Drag Queens to Leathermen
From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures Rusty Barrett (2017) New York: Oxford University Press, 268 pp
Racialization and the national body
This introduction argues that understanding the co-construction of race, language, and nation is essential to understanding liberal democratic governance in today's world. Using the theories and methods of raciolinguistics, we argue that voicing and resemiotization are important discursive processes that people use to reconstitute selves and Others in relation to liberal democratic ideas about national belonging. Specifically, we examine how raci…
Ted Cruz cucks again’
This article provides a multimodal semiotic analysis of the word cuck as used in online white supremacist spaces. A fundamental belief of the white supremacist ‘alt-right’ movement is an anti-Semitic narrative that positions Jewish people as a ‘global elite’ that seeks to oppress and eliminate white populations. Central to this belief is that Jewish people actively manipulate populations of colour, Black people in particular, to overtake white po…
Racialization and the national body
This introduction argues that understanding the co-construction of race, language, and nation is essential to understanding liberal democratic governance in today's world. Using the theories and methods of raciolinguistics, we argue that voicing and resemiotization are important discursive processes that people use to reconstitute selves and Others in relation to liberal democratic ideas about national belonging. Specifically, we examine how raci…
From Drag Queens to Leathermen
From Drag Queens to Leathermen: Language, Gender, and Gay Male Subcultures Rusty Barrett (2017) New York: Oxford University Press, 268 pp
Racialization and the national body
This introduction argues that understanding the co-construction of race, language, and nation is essential to understanding liberal democratic governance in today's world. Using the theories and methods of raciolinguistics, we argue that voicing and resemiotization are important discursive processes that people use to reconstitute selves and Others in relation to liberal democratic ideas about national belonging. Specifically, we examine how raci…
Ted Cruz cucks again’
This article provides a multimodal semiotic analysis of the word cuck as used in online white supremacist spaces. A fundamental belief of the white supremacist ‘alt-right’ movement is an anti-Semitic narrative that positions Jewish people as a ‘global elite’ that seeks to oppress and eliminate white populations. Central to this belief is that Jewish people actively manipulate populations of colour, Black people in particular, to overtake white po…
Referentialism and Discursive Parallels between US “Alt-Right” and “Gender-Critical” Conspiracism
This article examines the role of language ideology in the argumentation of both “alt-right” and “gender-critical” discourses about gender. While positioning themselves on different sides of the left-right political spectrum, both groups make use of referentialist language ideologies to establish themselves as authorities over language. Referentialism is a type of tautological reasoning that posits language and dictionary-style definitions as the…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (2 works) · Art (1 work)