Christina Julios, "Female Genital Mutilation and Social Media"
English | ISBN: 1138894680 | 2018 | 206 pages | EPUB | 556 KB
English | ISBN: 1138894680 | 2018 | 206 pages | EPUB | 556 KB
This book explores the phenomenon of anti-femail genital mutilation (FGM) social media activism. Against a backdrop of over 200 million girls and women worldwide affected by FGM, this volume examines key global online campaigns to end the practice, involving leading virtual platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Drawing from twenty-one fieldwork interviews with anti-FGM activists, frontline practitioners and survivors, the volume investigates opportunities and challenges inherent to cyberspace. These include online FGM bans as well as practices such as ‘cyber-misogyny’ and ‘clicktivism’.
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