Definition of "interpellated" [interpellated]

• Simple past tense and past participle of interpellate. (verb)

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• "So I'm this person in Spanish and Portuguese who generally does teach some Afro-Latin literature, and so on, has an interest in such things, is typically interpellated as the 'outside person' on 'minority' related dissertations in English and so on, because I'm more or less conversant ... and of course we know one should teach African American things because they're key"
• "Again there is some part of me that wonders whether I am so thoroughly interpellated into the discourse of the confessional that telling of these incidents feels like the only recourse amidst a very real experience of disempowerment: through this lens my indiscretions are brave rather than foolish, I am speaking a truth rather than indulging in potentially defamatory gossip."
• "All three genres seek to arouse powerful emotions in the reader, who can be interpellated either as the victim or the victimizer."