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/ˌkaʊntəˈpʌblɪk/ · adjective
Opposing or serving as a counterbalance to the dominant public..
An account of this sort provides a historicized moral foundation for a conception of counterpublic spheres more capable of undertaking a (decentered and multifaceted) critique of systematically distorted communication.
In other words, with this book they form a “counterpublic” to what they saw as a dominant, adult-controlled public sphere.
It is incorrect to conceive of the black counterpublic as historically static or as ideologically cohesive at any given historical moment.
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Counterpublic means Opposing or serving as a counterbalance to the dominant public..
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An account of this sort provides a historicized moral foundation for a conception of counterpublic spheres more capable of undertaking a (decentered and multifaceted) critique of systematically distorted communication.
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