Mark Nartey
Formulating emancipatory discourses and reconstructing resistance: A positive discourse analysis of Sukarno’s speech at the first Afro-Asian conference
Nartey, Mark; Ernanda
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Ernanda
Abstract
In this article, we analyze a seven-page speech delivered by Sukarno, first president of Indonesia, at the opening of the First Asia-Africa Conference where he advocated Afro-Asian unity/ solidarity as the panacea for colonialism, imperialism, and neocolonialism. Our aim, by focusing on a single text, is to demonstrate the role of an intensive analysis of ‘outstanding’ singular texts within the broad field of discourse analysis. The analysis is rooted within a positive discourse analysis (PDA) framework, with special focus on lexical choices and variation, modality, intertextuality/interdiscursivity, metaphorical representations, ideological use of pronouns, indexical meaning, and strategies of argumentation. Through these rhetorical techniques, we illustrate how an independence leader constructs an emancipatory discourse aimed at reconciling the ideas and beliefs of the leaders of two continents that have a common history of colonialism. The study sheds light on the role of key speeches and political leaders in promoting an emancipatory discourse, and exemplifies how (presidential) rhetoric can be construed as offering a message of hope, strength, and inspiration while playing the role of a unifier, thereby highlighting the major underlying assumption of PDA: a commitment to a discourse of social change.
Citation
Nartey, M., & Ernanda, . (2020). Formulating emancipatory discourses and reconstructing resistance: A positive discourse analysis of Sukarno’s speech at the first Afro-Asian conference. Critical Discourse Studies, 17(1), 22-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1617758
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 17, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | May 14, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jan 8, 2022 |
Journal | Critical Discourse Studies |
Print ISSN | 1740-5904 |
Electronic ISSN | 1740-5912 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 17 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 22-38 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1617758 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8539163 |
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