Nancy Pelosi, Respectfully Maintaining Her Own Image - washingtonpost.com There are few images more discomforting than public figures thrust into foreign cultures and required to wear the host's traditional attire. Almost without exception the visitors tend to look smaller and more vulnerable. They evoke the uneasiness of children who have been dressed by a parent, teacher, minister or other authority figure. Wearing something unfamiliar or inappropriate in a public forum has a way of deflating even the most pompous figures. Their body language communicates their uneasiness. Our eyes register the sight as jarring.

Two prominent features of framing intersect in this segment (and the whole article). One is a valuable description of the process of conceptual integration of frames - where individual elements of conceptual frames need to blend into one image (completion). The other is evidence of frames themselves. Phrases like "uneasiness of children who have been dressed by a parent" provide an excellent evidence of a culturally prominent scenario (referring to comedy routines, films, and other discussions).

And then there is the third aspect. Negotiation. The author is not simply writing a piece, they are helping us establish (entrench) certain frames and establish boundaries for their blending.