The political is defined by public contestation rather than enclaved or segmented settings

Evidence

Fraser asserts that “what is ‘political’—call it ‘discursive-political’ or ‘politicized’—contrasts both with what is not contested in public at all and with what is contested only in relatively specialized, enclaved, and/or segmented publics.” — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 1545

Categorization

• DEFINE: Fraser’s contested definition of the political frames how black women’s respectability discourse counted as politics.
• XREF: connects to: Media neutrality underwrites the shared presuppositions of political contest.; Political discourse redefines contested terms so opposition becomes definitionally impossible; A concept’s very contestedness is what keeps it politically alive. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 310 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A concept’s very contestedness is what keeps it politically alive. #expands (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 310
• Media neutrality underwrites the shared presuppositions of political contest. #corroborates (0.75)
• Political discourse redefines contested terms so opposition becomes definitionally impossible #qualifies (0.72)