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Morton” Hitchhiking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: A Critical Discourse

Analysis of Billboards on the Highway of Tears" The Canadian Journal of Sociology /Cahiers

canadiens de Sociologie, Vol.41, No.3, Special Issue: Canadian Mobilities /Contentious

Mobilities (2016), pp.299-326 Canadian Journal of Sociology.

This particular study was conducted by Katherine Morton that was focused on the

British Columbia issue related to hitchhiking and the dangers that arise from the extensive

highways and the tough situations that succumb to indigenous women in the country. The key

elements of this study align with contentious mobility defined as unconventional and none

institutionalized since the actualization of the term does not conform to standards that can be

appraised nor denied.

The paper raises some fundamental problems that have been continuously reproaching and

recurring problems. The paper puts across various partisan social-political issues that promote

the continuity of the issues. As presented by Morton, gender violence,

Stigmatization, colonialism, and race.

It is a globally renowned issue that hitchhiking is generally a positively dangerous encounter to

take on. The exponential results presented by Morton go to show the

aggression and demeanour that indigenous people, especially women, have been

Subsequently, continuously and frequently fallen victim to hitchhiking. The highway of

Tears that insinuate a dangerous and otherwise fearful highway have lived up to this name.

This particular highway is identified as passing along the native communities' settlements and

bare lands. An elaborate conclusion to this, made by the author, is such an area gives room for

unscrupulous characters to engage in their vile acts that foster towards the indigenous.
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People and, more particularly, the women and girls. As a result of such unspeakable activities on

this highway, organizations such regional district of Kitimat-Stikine, Ghitxkan First Nation, and

the province of British Columbia set up billboards along the extensive highways. This billboard

in the study is said to be returning set up in different areas. At this juncture, the author argues the

credibility of this billboard along with the Highway of Tears. The

Arguments are drawn from three models of analysis to employ critical understanding

fosters their credibility and assurance to the reader. These methods are Fairclough's method of

critical discourse analysis(microanalysis) and mezzo analysis. Within the context of this analysis,

the traditional elements of gender, race, colonization and stigmatization are discussed. They

bring to light the issues of poverty, ignorance, and willful compromises. According to the author,

hitchhiking by the indigenous people cannot be assumed to be carelessness on their part, but

rather an occurrence was borne of the positioning of these communities, and the deprivations

succumbed, forcing their indulgence. Furthermore, to some extent, the models show the

government's efforts fostered towards securing hitchhikers and warding them against the

engagement.

The author critically analyses this issue and provisions a stand towards looking at it more as a

social-political issue and measuring the need to cater and foster the indigenous women's

independence, protection from violations, and an end to stigmatization.

Morton's stand approves my notion of a liable community and efforts that should be sustained

and made elaborate to guarantee the safety and development of marginalized people.

I agree with her extensive discussion exhibited in her wide coverage of the issue.