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Enduring Affective Rhetorics: Transnational Feminist Action In Digital Spaces, Jessica Ouellette
Enduring Affective Rhetorics: Transnational Feminist Action In Digital Spaces, Jessica Ouellette
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This dissertation raises questions about the possible efficacy of digital spaces as sites for transnational feminist action and engagement. Using a qualitative approach, I analyze a case study involving the digital circulation of texts that arose from activist Amina Tyler’s decision to post a nude photo with controversial, provocative language sprawled across her chest. The circulation of this image by feminist groups such as FEMEN and Muslim Women Against Femen, as well as the mass media, led to global conversations about women’s roles and rights, definitions of feminism, and statements about the body. In employing a transnational feminist rhetorical analysis …