Date of Award
12-2004
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Dr. Paula S. Brush
Second Advisor
Dr. Douglas V. Davidson
Third Advisor
Dr. Victoria C. Ross
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Donald F. Cooney
Abstract
This research project investigates the relationship between personal experiences of events and public descriptions of events. Specifically, the researcher develops a case study around a 1987 march and demonstration for land reform in the Philippines. Specifically, this research includes a discourse analysis of published, public accounts as they appeared in a national newspaper and the personal interviewee accounts of the event as remembered by U.S. participants and witnesses. Interviewees were involved in social and political work on hunger and other social justice issues as coordinated with ecumenical groups. The theoretical contributions of symbolic interaction, cultural theory and discursive practices of power frame the analysis of these accounts. A comparison of these accounts reveals consistencies and contradictions in meaning about the event and its surrounding issues.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Mullins, Megan C., "Remembering the Mendiola March: Understanding the Role of Experience and Accounts in the Construction of History" (2004). Dissertations. 1126.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1126