Embodying resistance : a discourse analytical study of the selfie as political tool within the fourth wave of feminism
dc.contributor.advisor | Borgersen, Terje | |
dc.contributor.author | Barbala, Astri Moksnes | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-27T07:34:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-27T07:34:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2446978 | |
dc.description.abstract | This Master’s thesis is exploring whether the selfie can be utilised as a political tool in order to challenge the stereotypical ideas of femininity and female beauty that currently dominate the visual social media landscape. Focusing on the photo-sharing application Instagram, the emphasis is here on how the selfie can position the portrayed subject’s body as a site of resistance. By publishing images depicting their non-normative physical appearances, social media-participating feminists are challenging gender stereotypes and simultaneously uncovering new feminist ideas and networks that differ from previous feminist activity. The thesis employs Foucauldian categories as a framework and utilises discourse analytical tools in its methodological approach in order to argue that this form of embodied subjectivity within the context of social media is the pinnacle of a new feminist movement; the fourth-wave. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | NTNU | nb_NO |
dc.subject | sosiale medier | nb_NO |
dc.subject | visuell kultur | nb_NO |
dc.subject | feminisme | nb_NO |
dc.subject | medievitenskap | nb_NO |
dc.title | Embodying resistance : a discourse analytical study of the selfie as political tool within the fourth wave of feminism | nb_NO |
dc.type | Master thesis | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Humaniora: 000 | nb_NO |