Speaking French in Portugal: An analysis of contested models of emigrant personhood in narratives about return migration and language use

I address how the offspring of Portuguese emigrants in France, Luso‐descendants (LDs), interpret their language practices and identities relative to models of language and personhood from their ‘sending’ society. Specifically, I examine how LDs tell each other narratives about having been identified as an emigrant in Portugal, based on French‐influenced speech. In telling each other these stories, LDs position themselves relative to two models of language and personhood. The first diasporic model interprets LDs' French as willful abandonment of an essential Portuguese identity. The second transnational model interprets LDs' French as the legitimate result of extended residence abroad. I examine how participants explicitly and/or implicitly invoke both models, through the relationship between narrating and narrated participants' language use. I conclude by asking about LDs' awareness of their simultaneous adherence to multiple models of language and identity.     

Image Construction in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Organizations as well as political leaders have a vested interest in shaping images for their own advantage. From this perspective, Katrina represents a classic case of reality construction. This article will describe efforts at reality construction that surrounded the response to Hurricane Katrina. Attempts to shape public perceptions by the media and key stakeholders such as the Mayor of New Orleans, Governor of Mississippi, Governor of Louisiana, President of the United States, and the Director of FEMA are described. The article concludes that all of the key actors had a vested interest in shaping perceptions. Clear winners and losers emerged from the battle to construct the reality of the disaster response.     

Balancing Athletic Revenues with Ethical Behavior: Dilemma of NCAA

Public Organization Review - The desire to win and make money from college athletics threatens the integrity and reputations of once prestigious universities. These pressures to generate revenue...