Superheroes in the Streets: Muslim Women Activists and Protest in the Digital Age (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

Segall, Kimberly Wedeven

ISBN 10: 1496850386 / ISBN 13: 9781496850386

Edité par University Press of Mississippi (edition ), 2024

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• Titre: Superheroes in the Streets: Muslim Women Activists and Protest in the Digital Age (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)
• Éditeur: University Press of Mississippi (edition )
• Date de parution: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1496850386
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781496850386
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Kimberly Wedeven Segall is professor of literature and cultural studies at Seattle Pacific University, and she is affiliate faculty of gender, women, and sexuality studies at the University of Washington. As the director of the social justice and cultural studies major and Morocco and South Africa study abroad programs, Segall specializes in trans/national protest, digital media, and gender studies. She is author of Performing Democracy in Iraq and South Africa: Gender, Media, and Resistance.