Class Year
2017
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Spring 2015
Department 1
Anthropology
Abstract
This work serves to examine the linguistic style and choices used by Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin as it pertains to issues of the LGBTQA community in the country and the Anti-Propaganda Law. Using the methodology of Critical Discourse Analysis, the author compares the speeches of Vladimir Putin to those of Western leaders Barack Obama and Ban Ki-moon, drawing conclusions as to why brutality towards LGBTQA individuals in Russia has been allowed to continue relatively unopposed. The author suggests that it may be Vladimir Putin's careful choice in words and speaking styles that allows the issue to persist.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Recupero, Joseph C., "The Semantics of Repression: Understanding the Continued Brutality towards LGBTQA Individuals in the Russian Federation" (2015). Student Publications. 324.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/324
Included in
Eastern European Studies Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Linguistic Anthropology Commons, Rhetoric Commons
Comments
This paper was written for Professor Amy Evrard's course, ANTH 304: Anthropology of Violence and Conflict, Spring 2015.