![]() ![]() But where Scott conceives of the hidden transcript as a figurative representation of the subordinate group's private communication within the public sphere, I have interpreted the concept of " transcript " more literally, querying how writing and text themselves might be used as a vehicle to preserve and transmit a concealed, subversive discourse. The new model builds on political scientist James Scott's (1990) concept of " hidden resistance " and the " hidden transcripts " of subordinate cultures. That disguise processes may be similar in diverse cultural and textual traditions suggests interesting possibilities for our understanding of the role of authority (and author/ity) in human intellectual evolution. By encouraging us to map the relationship between textual features and their cultural referents, the model offers us a window into the human capacity to disguise subversive discourse in various forms, to innovate new ways of sharing information, and to renegotiate power relationships in what may otherwise seem to be a stable hegemony. This paper explores the following questions: 1) How might a particular text have been used to disguise resistance to the dominant hegemony? 2) What is the nature of that resistance as it is presented in the text? 3) What comparisons might we find among textual disguises of resistance from various literatures? I introduce a new model for the comparative analysis of veiled discourse in text and then reflect briefly on what this analysis can tell us about the nature of the relationship between textual disguise and cultural environment. Cross-textual similarities reflect the similar processes used to disguise subversive ideas. ![]() ![]() The disguise used in a particular text reflects the relationship between the text and its referents, or the cultural environment in which the text is produced and used. This paper proposes that texts produced in diverse oral-traditional environments exhibit similarities in their disguise of subversion, particularly social or political resistance to the status quo. ![]()
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