Digital expressions of gender in Africa / Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amaefula, Rowland C., editor, author.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge studies on gender and sexuality in Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender expression--Africa.

Gender expression.

Sex role--Africa.

Sex role.

Digital media--Social aspects--Africa.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2025.

Contents:

Gender, Performance and Digital Spaces in Africa / Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula

Part I: Transgressing Normative Gender

Realizing and Normalizing 'New' Gender Identities through Social Media Platforms / Dimpho Takane Maponya

Subverting Gender Binaries in Kenya's Mama Fathma's Kiswahili TikTok Comedy / Wendo Nabea

North African Arabic Literary Expressions of LGBTQIA Identity in the Digital Space / Sebastian Gadomski

Digital Skit Makers and Gender Expression in Ghana: The Case of Deaconess Abokuma and Akonoba / Ellen Abakah, Abena Kyere and Cecilia Avorkliyah

Part II: Contested Masculinities on Online Sites

Exploring Transiting Masculinities in African Digital Literary Texts / Grace Danquah

Perceptions of 'The Unfaithful Lover' and In/vulnerability in the Ztorie Bhuku Blog / Walter Kudzai Barure

Re-imagining Masculinity and The Trickster Model in African Digital Acts / Nwani Treasure Okoronkwor

Part III: Call-Out Culture and Resistance

African Women and The Politics of Refusal in a Digital Era / Dina Ligaga

The Role of Cyberbullying in Gender Identity Performance by Cameroonians Online / Camilla Arundie Tabe and Agwetang Mabel Endah

Part IV: Navigating Men's Dominance: Women and Self-Expressions

Women YouTube Rappers in Tunisia: Neither Manly nor Sluts, but Rap Lovers / Jyhene Kebsi

Re-assessing Feminine Portraits in Social Media Comedy Skits: The Anglophone Cameroon Context / Lynda Chinenye Ambrose

Female Imaging: Zambian Women Writers and The Digital Space / Shilika Chisoko

Gender Expressions, Digital Sites and An Inclusive Future / Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Digital expressions of gender in Africa.

ISBN:

9781003619093

1003619096

Publisher Number:

40032991341

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