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Discursive acts of resistance: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of All-Poland Women’s Strike’s social media

Chałupnik, Małgorzata; Brookes, Gavin

Authors

Gavin Brookes



Contributors

Gavin Brookes
Researcher

Abstract

Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet (All-Poland Women’s Strike) is a grassroots campaign established in Poland in 2016 in response to the proposed tightening of abortion laws but which also engages with broader social, feminist and women’s rights issues. Using a critical approach to multimodal discourse analysis, this article analyses the postings of the campaign on its main social media platform, Facebook, investigating closely the types of multimodal speech acts, referred to here as ‘communicative acts’, employed therein. The article examines the forms that such communicative acts take and the broader functions they fulfil within the (online and offline) context of the campaign. The observed communicative acts contribute towards and indeed enact the protest quite directly, forming an important part of the campaign’s discourse of feminist dissent.

Citation

Chałupnik, M., & Brookes, G. (2022). Discursive acts of resistance: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of All-Poland Women’s Strike’s social media. Gender and Language, 16(3), 308-333. https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.20148

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 31, 2022
Online Publication Date Nov 18, 2022
Publication Date Nov 18, 2022
Deposit Date Nov 18, 2022
Publicly Available Date Nov 19, 2024
Journal Gender and Language
Print ISSN 1747-6321
Electronic ISSN 1747-633X
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 16
Issue 3
Pages 308-333
DOI https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.20148
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/13752225
Publisher URL https://journal.equinoxpub.com/GL/article/view/20148