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Gendered Subjectivities and Cyberspace Dialogues in Lebanon: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Gendered Subjectivities and Cyberspace Dialogues in Lebanon: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Jihan Rabah
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781466652064|ISBN10: 1466652063|EISBN13: 9781466652071
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5206-4.ch007
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Rabah, Jihan. "Gendered Subjectivities and Cyberspace Dialogues in Lebanon: A Critical Discourse Analysis." Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral Considerations in Niche Online Communities, edited by Vivek Venkatesh, et al., IGI Global, 2014, pp. 101-111. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5206-4.ch007

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Rabah, J. (2014). Gendered Subjectivities and Cyberspace Dialogues in Lebanon: A Critical Discourse Analysis. In V. Venkatesh, J. Wallin, J. Castro, & J. Lewis (Eds.), Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral Considerations in Niche Online Communities (pp. 101-111). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5206-4.ch007

Chicago

Rabah, Jihan. "Gendered Subjectivities and Cyberspace Dialogues in Lebanon: A Critical Discourse Analysis." In Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral Considerations in Niche Online Communities, edited by Vivek Venkatesh, et al., 101-111. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5206-4.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter explores the use of a feminist website that raises awareness about issues related to Lebanese women. By uniting women’s voices via blogging, story narration, and comic strips, the Nasawiya feminists strive to challenge the hegemonic discourses that currently constitute the reality of women from Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon. The author inspects the discourses in that space and how they articulate the meanings of what is said and cannot be said, thereby conditioning the way gender and citizenship reality is constituted. The author concludes that cyberspace provides a new form of resistance for women in the Arab World. It is a promising advocacy medium for confronting patriarchy and all its intersections, hopefully paving the way for a better future for all citizens.

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