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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Feminist resistance"”.
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Prophecy and Group Identity and Purpose: Connecting the Leadership Conference of the Women Religious with the Catholic Legacy of Feminist Politics
… This thesis examines creative tactics of resistance among consecrated women on account of hierarchal and essentialist models found in church traditions, including Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), and contemporary American women associated with the Leadership …
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Islamism and Women’s Movements in Iran: Hijab as a Burden of Representation
… and dynamics between Islamic discourse and feminist resistance. Particularly in Iran, attention has primarily been given to the Islamism project, often treated as separate from social movements in post-Islamism. This thesis explores how social movements have used the symbolism of the veil in …
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The Aesthetics of Resistance in Latin American Art in Canada
… on artworks that address trauma, displacement, feminist resistance, and anti-colonial perspectives in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and British Colombia. While drawing on extensive artists' interviews and exhibition histories, this dissertation intends to highlight the formation of an …
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New Frontiers in Islamic Feminism: How Islamic Feminism is Being Shaped by Digital Media
… on the Muslim Girl website highlight the feminist bent of Islamic teachings. The project asks: 1) What are some sources that contemporary North American Muslim women bloggers draw upon to (re)claim religious authority for themselves and to support feminist interpretations of Islam? And …
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Geographies of Feminist Activism in Berlin and Dublin: Hybrid Feminist Counterpublic Spaces of Resistance
Feminist activists have long confronted violence against women (VAW), re-defining violence and defying narratives that normalise or excuse it. This thesis explores how feminist activisms challenge violence in place in ways that elucidate the complex reality of violence across a range of spaces and …
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From #MenAreTrash to #MensConference: Networked masculinities in South African Twitter
… focuses on the #MenAreTrash movement, a digital feminist campaign against gender-based violence, and men's response through the hashtag #WomenAreTrash. Employing a small data approach, this dissertation engages in a critical thematic analysis of a selection of tweets for each of the hashtags …
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Las Hijas de Violencia: Performance, the Street, and Online Discourse
… de Violencia. Through anarchistic direct action resistance tactics, the group confronted harassers in the streets of Mexico City and their recordings launched global media interest which led to viral online sharing. Widespread sharing of their performance led to the creation of public discursive …