Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/25385
Author(s): Evans, C.
Da Silva, R.
Date: 2023
Title: #ShamimaBegum: An analysis of social media narratives relating to female terrorist actors
Journal title: Politics
Volume: 43
Number: 3
Pages: 351 - 368
Reference: Evans, C., & Da Silva, R. (2023). #ShamimaBegum: An analysis of social media narratives relating to female terrorist actors. Politics, 43(3), 351-368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02633957211041447
ISSN: 0263-3957
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1177/02633957211041447
Keywords: Digital methods
Everyday narratives
Foreign fighters
Terrorism
Women
Abstract: This study explores the constructions of gender in social media narratives regarding Shamima Begum, a British born woman who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Using the Twitter hashtag #ShamimaBegum – developed in response to Begum’s expressed interest in returning to the United Kingdom to give birth to her third child – we employ critical discourse analysis to examine social media users’ responses to Begum’s case across a 3-week period. We portray how the vernacular narratives constructing femininity, gender, and their relation to terrorist activity are built on the expectation that the female actor should express remorse for her actions and is judged according to certain perceptions of maternalism, religion, and victimhood. We also explore the absence of considered agency in the narratives about women engaging in and disengaging from violent activities, demonstrating the weight of race, religion, and gender in shaping narratives surrounding perceived violent women.
Peerreviewed: yes
Access type: Open Access
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