Female Genital Mutilation and Social Media

ISBN-13: 9780367585730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 206 str.

Christina Julios

Opis

By exploring anti-FGM online activism, this book fills a gap in the literature, which has largely overlooked FGM’s presence in cyberspace as a virtual social movement. Female Genital Mutilation and Social Media will be of interest to activists, survivors, frontline professionals, students, academics and the wider public.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments;  List of abbreviations;  1. Introduction: Understanding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Social Media;  2. Finding a Voice: When FGM Survivors turn Hashtag Activists;  3. The FGM Debate: To Cut or Not to Cut?;  4. Anti-FGM Activism and the Law: A British Case Study;  5. Going Viral: Global Campaigns to End FGM and Child Marriage;  6. From Grassroots Activism to Online ‘Clicktivism’: Opportunities and Challenges;  7. Conclusion: Tackling FGM in the Digital Age;  Index

O autorze

Christina Julios is an Honorary Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London. She is also an Honorary Associate at The Open University and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Previously, Dr Julios was Director of Policy and External Affairs at the Ethnic Minority Foundation, and has taught at Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author of Forced Marriage and ‘Honour’ Killings in Britain: Private Lives, Community Crimes and Public Policy Perspectives (Ashgate, 2015) and Contemporary British Identity: English Language, Migrants and Public Discourse (Ashgate, 2008).