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Superheroes in the Streets
Kimberly Wedeven Segall
其他書名
Muslim Women Activists and Protest in the Digital Age
出版Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2024-03-26
主題Social Science / Media StudiesSocial Science / Women's StudiesSocial Science / Race & Ethnic RelationsSocial Science / Islamic StudiesSocial Science / Discrimination
ISBN14968503949781496850393
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eAL6EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The icon of the female protester and her alter-ego, the female superhero, fills screens in the news, in theaters, and in digital spaces. The female protester who is Muslim, though, has been subject to a legacy of discrimination. Superheroes in the Streets: Muslim Women Activists and Protest in the Digital Age follows the stories of both famous and grassroots Muslim female protestors, bringing careful attention to protest modes and online national icons.

US Muslim women have long navigated public and digital spaces aware of the complex and nuanced histories that trail them. Given the pervasive influence of mainstream feminism, Muslim women activists are often made out to be damsels in distress. Even when mass media turns its attention to the activism of Muslim women, persistence of these false narratives demeans their culture and hypersexualizes their bodies.

Following the stories of US Muslim women activists, author Kimberly Wedeven Segall shows how they have been reinventing the streets and remaking racialized codifications. Segall highlights their creativity in crafting protest media of posters, rap rally songs, and digital images of superheroes, carving public spaces into inclusive and digital territories. Each chapter teases apart the complexities of public banners and digital activism.