2007 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Presenter William Lowndes Yancey and the Disruption of the American
Public Sphere
(Board 17)
Joshua A. Lynn, Marshall University
Overview: William Lowndes Yancey's rhetoric in 1860
demonstrates the disruptive capacity of subpublics within the
public sphere. Yancey elevated the concerns of the Southern
subpublic over those of the American public sphere, with
disastrous consequences.
Presenter Knowing and Supporting MERCOSUR: Are Uruguayans
Aware of the Regional Bloc?
(Board 18)
Carmen Estrades, Universidad de la República
Overview: This study analyses whether Uruguayans know about
MERCOSUR and what the determinants of not having read or
heard about it are. It also evaluates the probability of supporting
the integration process and of voting for it in a hypothetical
referendum.
59-5 NEW WAVES OF ACTIVISM
Room Suite 9-250, 9 th Floor, Sat at 2:35 pm
Chair Barry Tadlock, Ohio University
Paper Speaking Free and Fully: The Political Significance of Black
Girls’ Way With Words
Ruth Nicole N. Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana-
Chamapaign
Overview: Based on my ethnography of black girls’ political
socialization, I demonstrate how girls’ talk of sexuality and
homosexuality were constructed as problems by way of
organizational rhetoric and black girls’ lived experiences.
Paper The Political Sound Machine
Rokas Oginskis, Wayne State University
Overview: This project develops a theory of sub-politics of
house/dance music from the the life-style forms of "resistance"
and "adaptation" created by it.
Disc. Daniel Chomsky, Temple University
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