Consider an excerpt from the statement of purpose forwarded by Sanchez and Stuckey (2000) in their analysis of the text The Indian in the Cupboard

"We then analyze the elements that promote emancipatory readings in counter-hegemonic text: the theme of maturation, overt challenges to hegemonic codes, and the proffering of implicit alternatives to those codes" (p.79)

Sanchez, V.E. & Stuckey, M.E. (2000). Coming of age as a culture? Emancipatory and hegemonic readings of The Indian in the Cupboard. Western Journal of Communication, 64(1), 78-91.

Which tradition in communication criticism does this description illustrate?

a. The rhetorical tradition
b. The social tradition
c. The cultural tradition
d. The critical tradition


Answer c

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