TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST RHETORICAL SOLIDARITIES IN THE VIRAL CIRCULATIONS OF THE LASTESIS AND JINA MOVEMENTS

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Department

Department of Humanities

Abstract

This chapter showcases viral circulations as transnational feminist rhetorical practices by tracing two contemporary examples of activism-the global uprisings in Iran following the death of Jina “Mahsa” Amini and the global work of activist group LasTesis-to demonstrate how these examples invite critical reflections and reframings of feminist rhetorical practices. By presenting an analysis of these two forms of global activism, we demonstrate how global resistance against social and political systems can be understood via the lens of transnational feminist rhetorical solidarity. Transnational feminist rhetorical analytics/methods make visible the localized and globalized violence of transnational political-economic structures, including imperialism, and the various ways feminist activists have and continue to unite against them on the ground. These movements exemplify how transnational feminist and coalitional politics constantly change, evolve, and emerge, and they illustrate how feminist rhetorical acts intersect with various social, political, economic, and global movements. Through these examples, we argue the need for feminist analysis of transnational activism and demonstrate the urgency to create space to theorize coalition and coalition-building across borders. Finally, we show how feminist rhetorical studies can expand and account for the necessity of transnational feminist futures by attending to the past, present, and future.

Publication Title

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminist Rhetoric

ISBN

[9781040261064, 9781032513058]

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