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Åhäll, Linda (2009) Images, popular culture, aesthetics, emotions the future of international politics? Political Perspectives, Vol.3 (No.1). ISSN 2049-081X.
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Abstract
This article explores current theoretical innovations regarding how, what and where we study international politics. I argue that visual representations cannot be ignored if we are to understand how meaning is constructed in today’s highly visualised world. Moreover, since meaning construction is not contained by disciplinary
borders, neither should data for political analysis be categorised in such a limited way. Thus, our understanding of what counts as politics needs to be broadened and data from popular culture or other aesthetic sources should not be excluded. In addition, in order to overcome myths and ‘unconscious ideologies’ constructing inequalities in our societies, the role of emotions needs to be examined if such myths are to be re-politicised. In order to illustrate the applicability of the discussed theoretical insights, I apply the framework to the political puzzle of motherhood and female agency in political violence and show how it enables us to reveal how unconscious gendered ideologies construct motherhood as natural and thereby create a myth that motherhood is incompatible with female agency in political
violence.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Political Perspectives | ||||
Publisher: | University of Manchester * Politics, School of Social Science | ||||
ISSN: | 2049-081X | ||||
Official Date: | 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.3 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 44 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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