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Feminisms, Gender and Social Media: Public and Political Performativities Regarding Sexual Harassment in Cyprus

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This article draws from research on feminism, politics, social media and everyday sexism in Cyprus to examine the power dynamics between discourses of misogyny and feminism as produced in the public sphere. It focuses on how Facebook was utilised as both a digital space for feminist resistance and misogyny in two case studies which involve one female and two male MPs. At the crossroads of emancipatory and hegemonic particularities, we discuss how feminisms and social media operate in the socio-temporal context of the public and political sphere of Cyprus.

Source: Feminist Encounters A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics

DOI: 10.20897/femenc/8522

Authors: Christiana Karayianni, Anastasia Christou

Institutions: Frederick University, Middlesex University London

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Feminism, and Media

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3006998460