Performing inequality: Feminist performative acts as protest gestures

Abstract

This article will look at three case studies of performative political protest, where female activists are raising awareness of the precarious conditions of their lived experience in economic neo-liberalism. The research is focused on links between Focus E15 Mothers Group in London, the #protestiram movement in Macedonia and #direnkahkaha (resist laughter) in Turkey. I will analyse these protest movements’ performative acts and argue that these acts are strategically used to draw attention to the inequality faced by women.

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“…It is possible to use musical, theatrical or literary motifs, or to combine various forms of artistic expression within the protest. In women’s performance protests, the body often becomes an important tool for the performances (Gale, 2015; Jacobs, 2016), successfully used by groups such as Pussy Riot (Marchevska, 2016).…”