Weibo Feminism - Expression, Activism, and Social Media in China

On China''s biggest social media platform, Weibo, feminists are staying one step ahead of the censors. Weibo Feminism is the first book to explore in-depth the connections and forms of resistance that feminist activists in China are making in online spaces despite increasing crackdowns on free speech and public expression.Aviva Wei Xue and Kate Rose explore the many forms of contemporary feminism in China, from activist campaigns against sexual harassment and domestic violence, through to Weibo Reading groups of feminist texts and subversive online novels published on the platform. The book includes an in-depth case study of feminist support networks for overwhelmingly female frontline medical staff that have sprung up on social media in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Weibo Feminism goes on to asks what lessons are being learned in contemporary China for the cause of social justice for women around the world.>

Product details

• Authors: Kate Rose, Aviva Xue, Aviva Wei Xue
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781350231481
• ISBN: 978-1-350-23148-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Social media / social networking, Feminism & feminist theory, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Feminism and feminist theory, Political activism / Political engagement, Weibo; Feminism; Activism; Social Media