Com Theory Baxter

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"A tale of two voices"
Dualism as opposed to dialectic and dialogic (pp. 182-183)

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"A tale of two voices"
Bakhtin’s concept of the utterance:
“The utterance, to Bakhtin, exists at the boundary of two consciousnesses; it is a link in a chain, a link bounded by both preceding links and the links that follow” (184).
“To Bakhtin, social life was constituted discursively in its language-in-use, its utterances (184).

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"A tale of two voices"
“[C]ontradiction is not located in individual heads, serving as dilemmatic goals that direct individual’s communicative strategies. Rather, from a dialogic perspective, contradictions are located in the communication between relationship parties” (184)

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"A tale of two voices"
In what ways does systems theory and relational dialectics differ in their interpretation of the role of equilibrium in families? (See p. 186)

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"A tale of two voices"
Aesthetic moments as “fleeting moments of wholeness” (p. 186-187)

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"A tale of two voices"
Bakhtin’s concept of the carnivalesque: “the move to the carnivalesque also obligates scholars to adopt a critical sensibility and examine how it is in interaction that some voices (perspectives, values, ideologies) are centripetal centers whereas other voices are centrifugal margins” (188).

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"Problematizing the problem"
“[T]he vexing problem is an orientation toward unity and the intellectual problem is how to embrace difference. Stated in Bakhtin’s terms, it is monologue that is troublesome and we should be seeking ways to sustain dialogue” (p. 118)

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"Problematizing the problem"
What does Bakhtin mean by “monologic” and “dialogic”?

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"Problematizing the problem"
“Traditional scholarship in interpersonal/family communication positions communication in one of three interdependent ways, all of which are oriented toward unity” (p. 119)

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1. “First, communication is imagined as a mirror” (119)
2. “Second, and relatedly, communication is envisioned as a conduit….” (119-120)
3. “Third, communication is envisioned as a control device” (120)

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"Problematizing the problem"
Baxter urges more research on the value of differences in relationships, not similarity

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"Problematizing the problem"
“From a dialogic perspective, a given utterance is located in a much longer ‘chain of speech communion’….” (122)

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“Utterances not only reverberate with dialogic voices of the already-spoken; in addition, they are laced with the dialogic overtones of utterances that are anticipated to follow” (122)

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"Problematizing the problem"
Baxter’s comparison of the dialogic utterance as “an ensemble in which the simultaneous interplay of multiple, different discourses…produces meaning at the moment” (123)

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