Narrative Fidelity to the Little Red Book in the Collective Action Framing Efforts of the Red Guard Movement: A Theoretical Model for Foundational Documents

The contribution of this thesis is to the cultural paradigm in social movement theory. I am interested in how texts matter to social movements. I present a novel synthesis of concepts I use to uncover ideological elements in texts. I argue that foundational documents influence frame presentations, and that texts steer the early stages of mobilization efforts. The Red Guard movement was promoting radical changes during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The categories I identify are used to explore how the Red Guard was able to build a frame around the major themes in the Little Red Book. No social science discipline has properly combined these concepts into a working theoretical model. I invented the foundational document model through a triangulation of social science literature. The six core categories of the foundational document model are role attribution, folklore narrative, ethical norms, utopian schemes, strategic planning, and motivational appeals. This theoretical model is meant to be broadly applicable and useful for pinpointing ideological elements in texts.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

Texas State University-San Marcos

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Holland, Jeremy J.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Price, Bob

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Anderson, Audwin L.
• Yun, Hyun J.

• frame theory
• social movement theory
• foundational texts
• ideology studies
• narrative fidelity
• critical discourse analysis

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/4391

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/4391