Lisa M Corrigan
Biographic Data
| ID | 225571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa M Corrigan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa M |
| FAMILY NAME | Corrigan |
| SIGNATURE | CORRIGAN L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
William H. Seward’s “Irrepressible Conflict” and the Dangers of the Rhetoric of Unsolvable Problems
Senator William H. Seward (R-NY) delivered a campaign speech on 25 October 1858 arguing that there were two competing forces in the United States—the free labor and the slavery systems—that were in “an irrepressible conflict.” Calling any attempts at compromise “vain and ephemeral,” Seward argued that the nation must ultimately become either entirely free or slave. In claiming the nation faced an incommensurate choice, Seward was hoping to convin…
Who’s afraid of CRT
The racial shock of abolitionist John Brown
Abolitionist John Brown remains a cultural touchstone over 160 years after his execution for leading the Harpers Ferry Raid in October 1859, largely because that event and Brown’s behavior after it played a part in leading the nation into civil war. To understand that legacy and his role in sparking the Civil War, this article examines the discursive field that animated around Brown within the context of the racial sensorium of his time. We argue…
The Rhetorical Style of Predatory White Masculinity in Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
When President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in July 2018, many Democrats initially opposed him. He became a much more controversial nominee when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford brought forward accusations that he sexually assaulted her in 1982. In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh’s rhetorical style of predatory white masculinity was supported and encouraged by a chorus of Republica…
A New Doll in Texas
After Senator Wendy Davis’s epic filibuster of Texas’s House Bill 2 in 2013, she was vilified in the media as “Abortion Barbie.” As a term, “Abortion Barbie” was circulated in conservative and liberal press, from blogs to traditional media outlets. This essay examines the media frames that helped characterize Davis as Abortion Barbie to chart how they functioned during and after the Texas HB2 debate. By making female bodies inert, sexualizing the…
Rebooting Rhetoric and Public Address
This introduction provides a brief context for the rebooting of the journal, including a history of the journal and the controversy that led to its reimagining, and offers brief synopses of the individual essays included within
Black Feelings
Revolutionary Suicide
Chapter 6 examines how the absence of hope and the collapse into black pessimism were driven by the exposure of white liberalism’s collaborations with anti-black political rhetoric through the language of “law and order,” through the expansion of the FBI’s harassment and surveillance of Black Power activists, and through the expansion of mass incarceration. Using Huey Newton’s writings, this chapter charts how revolutionary suicide operates both …
The structural whiteness of academic patronage
In this essay, we describe the protest cycle that begins when scholars from the margins make demands on an institution or on the discipline for changes to ameliorate structural inequalities and offer two interventions related to the gridlock described above. First, we chart the patronage dynamic that produces pathological economies of liberal reform in the field of rhetoric. And second, we present possible solutions to break those cycles to produ…
The Undercommons
This essay examines the importance of decolonization theory/practice outside of Latinx and indigenous literatures to understand how the African diaspora has produced rhetorical and philosophical interventions that have been understudied and ignored. The books reviewed all contribute to understanding the limitations of Western, white humanism through the concepts: Black reason, the undercommons, racial liberalism, the idea of the spill, and ontolo…
The Right to Maim
Queering the Panthers
Using Stonewall as an anchor point, this article charts the coterminous relationship between the black liberation movement and the gay liberation movement with special emphasis on the relationship between the Black Panther Party and the Gay Liberation Front. It begins with an assessment of the political and social context of 1969 to discuss the importance of rhetorical adjacency in the collaboration between the movements. Rhetorical adjacency des…
The #MeToo Moment
When editor Kristen Hoerl approached me to help edit this special issue on #MeToo, I told her that we would need to have a lengthy phone chat because my perspective on the #MeToo moment was far les
Out in the Periphery
Book Review| October 01 2018 Out in the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution Out in the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution. By Omar G. Encarnación. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016; pp. 256, $105.00 cloth, $31.95 paper. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2018) 5 (3): 224–226. https://doi.org/10.…
On white-speak and gatekeeping
We begin this short provocation with the question: what does it mean to speak? Particularly in white academic spaces surrounded by white critics, we are interested in understanding how speaking bec
A Voice That Could Stir an Army
Fannie Lou Hamer’s affinity for the spoken word, her self-perception as a prophet, and the lasting impact her use of symbols had upon those who experienced her discourse suggest that a sustained rh
Prison Power
Prison Power centers imprisonment in the history of black liberation as a rhetorical, theoretical, physical, and media resource as activists developed movement tactics and ideology to counter white supremacy. In highlighting imprisonment as a site for both political and personal transformation, Prison Power underscores how imprisonment shaped movement leaders by influencing their political analysis and organizational strategies. The book suggests…
So, You’ve Heard of the Duggars? Bodily Autonomy, Religious Exemption, and the American South
Research Article| February 01 2016 So, You’ve Heard of the Duggars? Bodily Autonomy, Religious Exemption, and the American South Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan is Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Gender Studies Program at the University of Arkansas. She is the author of Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation (University of Mississippi Press, forthcoming). She is also an ac…
After Love
Book Review| February 01 2016 After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba. By Noelle M. Stout. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014; pp. 238, $84.95 cloth; $23.95 paper. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2016) 3 (1): 160–162. https…
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
Book Review| March 01 2016 Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era. By Saladin Ambar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014; pp. vii + 224. $26.42 cloth. Lisa Corrigan Lisa Corrigan University of Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2016) 19 (1): 147–150. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.19.1.0147 Cite Ico…
Not Just the Levees Broke”
This essay proposes the notion of the “jazz vernacular” as a tool specific to the Creole culture in New Orleans for understanding racial discourses of disposability both geographically and historically. We argue that the jazz vernacular is a discourse structured by musical repertoire. The jazz vernacular provides a channel for the historical pain of the black diaspora by playing in the background, both literally and figuratively, of communication…
Executing Democracy, volume 2, Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835–1843
Book Review| December 01 2015 Executing Democracy, volume 2, Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835–1843 Executing Democracy, volume 2, Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835–1843. By Stephen John Hartnett. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2012; pp. vii + 342. $59.95 cloth. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public A…
Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare
Becoming Reinaldo Arenas
Book Review| October 01 2014 Becoming Reinaldo Arenas: Family, Sexuality, and the Cuban Revolution Becoming Reinaldo Arenas: Family, Sexuality, and the Cuban Revolution. By Jorge Oliveras. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013; pp. 248, $79.95 cloth; $22.95 paper; $22.95 e-book. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaki…
Cross-pollinating the revolution
This article charts the intellectual history of the Cuban Revolution's impact on the ideology and politics of the Black Panther Party. In doing so, it begins with a discussion of the central biological metaphor of "cross-pollination" to understand how the ideas of Che Guevara influenced Black Panther George Jackson's revolutionary praxis. The second section of the article charts Guevara anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist arguments as well as his …
The #MeToo Moment
When editor Kristen Hoerl approached me to help edit this special issue on #MeToo, I told her that we would need to have a lengthy phone chat because my perspective on the #MeToo moment was far les
The Rhetorical Style of Predatory White Masculinity in Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
When President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in July 2018, many Democrats initially opposed him. He became a much more controversial nominee when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford brought forward accusations that he sexually assaulted her in 1982. In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh’s rhetorical style of predatory white masculinity was supported and encouraged by a chorus of Republica…
Queering the Panthers
Using Stonewall as an anchor point, this article charts the coterminous relationship between the black liberation movement and the gay liberation movement with special emphasis on the relationship between the Black Panther Party and the Gay Liberation Front. It begins with an assessment of the political and social context of 1969 to discuss the importance of rhetorical adjacency in the collaboration between the movements. Rhetorical adjacency des…
The racial shock of abolitionist John Brown
Abolitionist John Brown remains a cultural touchstone over 160 years after his execution for leading the Harpers Ferry Raid in October 1859, largely because that event and Brown’s behavior after it played a part in leading the nation into civil war. To understand that legacy and his role in sparking the Civil War, this article examines the discursive field that animated around Brown within the context of the racial sensorium of his time. We argue…
Rebooting Rhetoric and Public Address
This introduction provides a brief context for the rebooting of the journal, including a history of the journal and the controversy that led to its reimagining, and offers brief synopses of the individual essays included within
The structural whiteness of academic patronage
In this essay, we describe the protest cycle that begins when scholars from the margins make demands on an institution or on the discipline for changes to ameliorate structural inequalities and offer two interventions related to the gridlock described above. First, we chart the patronage dynamic that produces pathological economies of liberal reform in the field of rhetoric. And second, we present possible solutions to break those cycles to produ…
Cross-pollinating the revolution
This article charts the intellectual history of the Cuban Revolution's impact on the ideology and politics of the Black Panther Party. In doing so, it begins with a discussion of the central biological metaphor of "cross-pollination" to understand how the ideas of Che Guevara influenced Black Panther George Jackson's revolutionary praxis. The second section of the article charts Guevara anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist arguments as well as his …
The Reagan Rhetoric
Digital Griots
Adam J. Banks, Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2011), ix + 187 pp. $22.00 (paper). Adam J. Banks's book Digital Griots
Becoming Reinaldo Arenas
Book Review| October 01 2014 Becoming Reinaldo Arenas: Family, Sexuality, and the Cuban Revolution Becoming Reinaldo Arenas: Family, Sexuality, and the Cuban Revolution. By Jorge Oliveras. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013; pp. 248, $79.95 cloth; $22.95 paper; $22.95 e-book. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaki…
Cross-pollinating the revolution
This article charts the intellectual history of the Cuban Revolution's impact on the ideology and politics of the Black Panther Party. In doing so, it begins with a discussion of the central biological metaphor of "cross-pollination" to understand how the ideas of Che Guevara influenced Black Panther George Jackson's revolutionary praxis. The second section of the article charts Guevara anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist arguments as well as his …
Not Just the Levees Broke”
This essay proposes the notion of the “jazz vernacular” as a tool specific to the Creole culture in New Orleans for understanding racial discourses of disposability both geographically and historically. We argue that the jazz vernacular is a discourse structured by musical repertoire. The jazz vernacular provides a channel for the historical pain of the black diaspora by playing in the background, both literally and figuratively, of communication…
Executing Democracy, volume 2, Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835–1843
Book Review| December 01 2015 Executing Democracy, volume 2, Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835–1843 Executing Democracy, volume 2, Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835–1843. By Stephen John Hartnett. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2012; pp. vii + 342. $59.95 cloth. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public A…
Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare
Prison Power
Prison Power centers imprisonment in the history of black liberation as a rhetorical, theoretical, physical, and media resource as activists developed movement tactics and ideology to counter white supremacy. In highlighting imprisonment as a site for both political and personal transformation, Prison Power underscores how imprisonment shaped movement leaders by influencing their political analysis and organizational strategies. The book suggests…
So, You’ve Heard of the Duggars? Bodily Autonomy, Religious Exemption, and the American South
Research Article| February 01 2016 So, You’ve Heard of the Duggars? Bodily Autonomy, Religious Exemption, and the American South Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan is Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Gender Studies Program at the University of Arkansas. She is the author of Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation (University of Mississippi Press, forthcoming). She is also an ac…
After Love
Book Review| February 01 2016 After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba. By Noelle M. Stout. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014; pp. 238, $84.95 cloth; $23.95 paper. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2016) 3 (1): 160–162. https…
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
Book Review| March 01 2016 Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era. By Saladin Ambar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014; pp. vii + 224. $26.42 cloth. Lisa Corrigan Lisa Corrigan University of Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2016) 19 (1): 147–150. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.19.1.0147 Cite Ico…
A Voice That Could Stir an Army
Fannie Lou Hamer’s affinity for the spoken word, her self-perception as a prophet, and the lasting impact her use of symbols had upon those who experienced her discourse suggest that a sustained rh
Out in the Periphery
Book Review| October 01 2018 Out in the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution Out in the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution. By Omar G. Encarnación. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016; pp. 256, $105.00 cloth, $31.95 paper. Lisa M. Corrigan Lisa M. Corrigan University of Arkansas, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (2018) 5 (3): 224–226. https://doi.org/10.…
On white-speak and gatekeeping
We begin this short provocation with the question: what does it mean to speak? Particularly in white academic spaces surrounded by white critics, we are interested in understanding how speaking bec
The Undercommons
This essay examines the importance of decolonization theory/practice outside of Latinx and indigenous literatures to understand how the African diaspora has produced rhetorical and philosophical interventions that have been understudied and ignored. The books reviewed all contribute to understanding the limitations of Western, white humanism through the concepts: Black reason, the undercommons, racial liberalism, the idea of the spill, and ontolo…
The Right to Maim
Queering the Panthers
Using Stonewall as an anchor point, this article charts the coterminous relationship between the black liberation movement and the gay liberation movement with special emphasis on the relationship between the Black Panther Party and the Gay Liberation Front. It begins with an assessment of the political and social context of 1969 to discuss the importance of rhetorical adjacency in the collaboration between the movements. Rhetorical adjacency des…
The #MeToo Moment
When editor Kristen Hoerl approached me to help edit this special issue on #MeToo, I told her that we would need to have a lengthy phone chat because my perspective on the #MeToo moment was far les
Black Feelings
Revolutionary Suicide
Chapter 6 examines how the absence of hope and the collapse into black pessimism were driven by the exposure of white liberalism’s collaborations with anti-black political rhetoric through the language of “law and order,” through the expansion of the FBI’s harassment and surveillance of Black Power activists, and through the expansion of mass incarceration. Using Huey Newton’s writings, this chapter charts how revolutionary suicide operates both …
The structural whiteness of academic patronage
In this essay, we describe the protest cycle that begins when scholars from the margins make demands on an institution or on the discipline for changes to ameliorate structural inequalities and offer two interventions related to the gridlock described above. First, we chart the patronage dynamic that produces pathological economies of liberal reform in the field of rhetoric. And second, we present possible solutions to break those cycles to produ…
A New Doll in Texas
After Senator Wendy Davis’s epic filibuster of Texas’s House Bill 2 in 2013, she was vilified in the media as “Abortion Barbie.” As a term, “Abortion Barbie” was circulated in conservative and liberal press, from blogs to traditional media outlets. This essay examines the media frames that helped characterize Davis as Abortion Barbie to chart how they functioned during and after the Texas HB2 debate. By making female bodies inert, sexualizing the…
Rebooting Rhetoric and Public Address
This introduction provides a brief context for the rebooting of the journal, including a history of the journal and the controversy that led to its reimagining, and offers brief synopses of the individual essays included within
The Rhetorical Style of Predatory White Masculinity in Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
When President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in July 2018, many Democrats initially opposed him. He became a much more controversial nominee when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford brought forward accusations that he sexually assaulted her in 1982. In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh’s rhetorical style of predatory white masculinity was supported and encouraged by a chorus of Republica…
The racial shock of abolitionist John Brown
Abolitionist John Brown remains a cultural touchstone over 160 years after his execution for leading the Harpers Ferry Raid in October 1859, largely because that event and Brown’s behavior after it played a part in leading the nation into civil war. To understand that legacy and his role in sparking the Civil War, this article examines the discursive field that animated around Brown within the context of the racial sensorium of his time. We argue…
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