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Women's Voices in the BlueWave Resistance on Twitter
Cruel Optimism
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2022
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In this book, Cynthia A. Davidson argues that tweeting, especially political tweeting among Democratic women, is an inherently optimistic act. Davidson’s analysis draws on Lauren Berlant’s assertion in Cruel Optimism (2011) that what we most desire is also an impediment to our thriving, whether or not the subject of specific conversations is negative. Narratives created by members of the Democratic BlueWave Resistance either support the primary purpose of the group--to uphold support of liberal democratic conventions and the issues, policies, and personalities related to them--or take place more or less comfortably within the zone of the community that supports these things. Using specific examples, empirical data, and analysis framed by Berlant’s theories as well as primary and secondary sources from current journalism and scholarship, Davidson explores Twitter as a problematic object of desire and attachment, examines the rhetorical underpinnings of its discourse, and shows how women of this group use storytelling via Twitter as a way to make connections, be heard, and stay afloat in a status quo that perpetuates un-ease and precarious existence. Scholars of media studies, gender studies, and political science will find this book of particular interest.
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2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-3336-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-3337-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
196
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1: Reading Berlant as a Lens for Twitter Culture No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 2: Attraction, Resistance, and Reconstituted Trauma on Twitter No access Pages 17 - 46
Chapter 3: Affective Exhaustion, Online “Gestures,” and the Appeal of the Impasse No access Pages 47 - 74
Chapter 4: The Noise and the Narratives No access Pages 75 - 98
Chapter 5: Women, Noise, and Narrative in the BlueWave Resistance No access Pages 99 - 118
Chapter 6: Overview and Specific Stories of Women-Identified Accounts in the BlueWave No access Pages 119 - 154
Chapter 7: Conclusion: If/Tweet No access Pages 155 - 158
