The Poetics of Pakistani Patriarchy: A Critical Analysis of the Protest-signs in Women’s March Pakistan 2019

Akhtar, Amer; Aziz, Selina; Almas, Neelum

doi:10.23860/jfs.2021.18.08

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“…(Photos: private). As one researcher noted, some images "may appear crude to some but many were witty, funny, clever, sarcastic, and some were very touching and straightforward" (Bina Shah, 2019 cited in [37]. Thus, for example, some protesters carried a photo of Prime Minister Netanyahu wearing a king's robe (photo: Idan Golko), implying that he puts himself above the government in an undemocratic manner.…”

Section: The Second Stage: Reificationmentioning

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Legal Reform or Regime Coup? Three Stages in the Evolution of Protest Signs in Israeli Social Activism

Berenson

2023

Social Activism - New Challenges in a (Dis)connected World

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In December 2022, protests began in Israel against proposals to reform the country’s legal system. Some maintained this was a legal reform, while others contended it was a regime coup. Using multimodal discourse analysis, we analyzed 162 protest signs displayed during the 20 weeks of demonstrations from January 2023 through May 2023. We organized the evolution of the signs according to Lewis and Reese’s three stages of communication: transmission, reification, and naturalization. For instance, the slogans that initially talked about a legal revolution (transmission) later changed to charges about attacks on democracy (reification) and, finally, a regime coup (naturalization). Findings show three main characteristics of the slogans: (1) focus on values such as the importance of democracy, (2) the expression of individual, subgroup and collective forms of protest, and (3) appeals to the international community to pressure the Prime Minister and the government. The findings also confirm the usefulness of Lewis and Reese’s model, originally designed to analyze journalism articles, in assessing the text and visuals of protest slogans.

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Section: The Second Stage: Reificationmentioning

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Legal Reform or Regime Coup? Three Stages in the Evolution of Protest Signs in Israeli Social Activism

Berenson

2023

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Activism and Advocacy in South Asia for Gender Equality and Equity in Health: An Overview

Abdul Cader,

Khanna

2024

Handbook on Sex, Gender and Health

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An Ideological Critical Discourse Analytical Research Probe into The Bold Language Use in Women’s Freedom March in Pakistan

Parvin,

Sabboor Hussain,

Aqeel

2024

JPR

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Language plays an important role in expressing thoughts and ideas. Hidden meanings can be conveyed through language. This study is about the use of bold language in the women`s freedom march in Pakistan, contrasting it with Islamic and eastern cultural values. Sapir and Whorf's theory and Halliday's perspective on language functions are drawn into this study. Fairclough`s 3D Model of CDA is employed as an analytical framework to uncover the ideological foundations of bold language used in this women freedom march. The aim of the research study is to uncover the hidden meanings and societal layers of the language used in the march from the Islamic perspective. The study bridges the unheeded gap in discourse analysis by bringing in verses from The Holy Quran adding spiritual dimension to Fairclough's three dimensional model. It sheds light on women's representation and their modesty amidst the contextual spiritual-socio-cultural complexities. This study also highlights the hindrances and obstacles to this march from religious groups as they claim Pakistan is based on Islamic values. The study conducts valuable discussion on the plight of women's socio-political conditions in Pakistan. The study gives insights into the cultural and ethical values, the language users’ hidden ideology and women`s representation in communal discourses.

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The Poetics of Pakistani Patriarchy: A Critical Analysis of the Protest-signs in Women’s March Pakistan 2019

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Legal Reform or Regime Coup? Three Stages in the Evolution of Protest Signs in Israeli Social Activism

Legal Reform or Regime Coup? Three Stages in the Evolution of Protest Signs in Israeli Social Activism

Activism and Advocacy in South Asia for Gender Equality and Equity in Health: An Overview

An Ideological Critical Discourse Analytical Research Probe into The Bold Language Use in Women’s Freedom March in Pakistan

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