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¡La maternidad será deseada o no será!: En kvalitativ analys av feministiska strategier i kampen för fri, (laglig), säker och gratis abort i Chile

Persson, Alva LU (2019) GNVK02 20191
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
This paper examines discursive and performative strategies used by four feminist grassroot organizations in their struggle for free abortion in Chile. With the aim to analyse how the organizations articulate their political vision, I discuss different ways in which they challenge current criminalization on abortion. The empirical data was collected from the organization’s social media platforms and consist of Facebook and Twitter posts, graphic illustrations, editorials and video recordings from events and demonstrations. The theoretical framework draws upon Butler’s theory on embodied performativity and precarity, Laclau and Mouffe’s theory on the discursive and political battle, as well as on Federici and Segato’s thoughts regarding... (More)
This paper examines discursive and performative strategies used by four feminist grassroot organizations in their struggle for free abortion in Chile. With the aim to analyse how the organizations articulate their political vision, I discuss different ways in which they challenge current criminalization on abortion. The empirical data was collected from the organization’s social media platforms and consist of Facebook and Twitter posts, graphic illustrations, editorials and video recordings from events and demonstrations. The theoretical framework draws upon Butler’s theory on embodied performativity and precarity, Laclau and Mouffe’s theory on the discursive and political battle, as well as on Federici and Segato’s thoughts regarding reproductive rights, the (female) body and territoriality. Furthermore, my methodology is based on the operationalization of nodalpoints and floating signifiers; concepts used in order to distinguish central ideas around which the struggle for abortion is organized. Finally, a variety of both discursive and performative strategies are identified in the analysis and the relationship between these strategies and the current (global) political order is discussed. (Less)
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author
Persson, Alva LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
The maternity shall be wanted or not at all: A qualitative analysis of feminist strategies in the struggle for free, (legal), safe and gratuitous abortion in Chile
course
GNVK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Abortion, Chile, Feminist strategies, Discourse, Performativity
language
Swedish
id
8988320
date added to LUP
2019-06-27 09:20:06
date last changed
2019-06-27 09:20:06
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines discursive and performative strategies used by four feminist grassroot organizations in their struggle for free abortion in Chile. With the aim to analyse how the organizations articulate their political vision, I discuss different ways in which they challenge current criminalization on abortion. The empirical data was collected from the organization’s social media platforms and consist of Facebook and Twitter posts, graphic illustrations, editorials and video recordings from events and demonstrations. The theoretical framework draws upon Butler’s theory on embodied performativity and precarity, Laclau and Mouffe’s theory on the discursive and political battle, as well as on Federici and Segato’s thoughts regarding reproductive rights, the (female) body and territoriality. Furthermore, my methodology is based on the operationalization of nodalpoints and floating signifiers; concepts used in order to distinguish central ideas around which the struggle for abortion is organized. Finally, a variety of both discursive and performative strategies are identified in the analysis and the relationship between these strategies and the current (global) political order is discussed.}},
  author       = {{Persson, Alva}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{¡La maternidad será deseada o no será!: En kvalitativ analys av feministiska strategier i kampen för fri, (laglig), säker och gratis abort i Chile}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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