‘Kingdom Come’: Representing Mormonism through a geopolitical frame |
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Authors: | Ethan Yorgason Chiung Hwang Chen |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of International Cultural Studies, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Box 1970, 55-220 Kulanui St., Laie, HI 96762, USA;bDepartment of History, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Box 1970, 55-220 Kulanui St., Laie, HI 96762, USA;cDepartment of International Cultural Studies, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Box 1940, 55-220 Kulanui St., Laie, HI 96762, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper extends the reach of ‘popular geopolitics’ by exploring the geopolitical frame that American popular/news magazines use to portray a major religion in the United States: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the most prominent body known as Mormonism). It asserts that magazines often represent this type of Mormonism as a geopolitical entity, and sometimes even as a geopolitical threat. Prior to the early twentieth century, these portrayals were hegemonic, given the national government's distrust of Mormonism. But echoes of an earlier and more virulent geopolitical discourse have persisted, long after the federal government made its peace with Mormonism. This paper defines and analyzes twentieth-century magazines' geopolitical discourse on Mormonism, particularly in relation to Mormon spatiality. In doing so, it puts forward concepts of geopolitical optic and logic in order to more effectively distinguish between variations in geopolitical language. |
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Keywords: | Popular critical geopolitics Mormonism Journalism Religion Magazines Framing analysis |
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