Discursive Construction of Political Categories and Moral Fields: God Versus Rights and Access in a Reproductive Health Legislative Debate

• Main Authors: Montiel, Cristina Jayme, Umel, Audris, de Leon, Marlene
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: discourse analysis; rhetoric; political categories; moral field; storyline; reproductive health; religion; text mining; Psychology; Religion
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/3; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pops.12308
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Using a discursive lens, we argue that politicians rhetorically construct categories, storylines, and moral fields. We further claim that such discursive products are action‐oriented toward gaining popular support in a public sphere that is politically fault lined along similar moral orders. As a ca...