Women's naked body protests and the performance of resistance: Femen and Meira Paibi protests against rape

• Main Author: Veneracion-Rallonza, Ma. Lourdes
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2014
• Subjects: performativity; political participation as resistance; naked protests; body protests; gender performativity; Political Science
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/polsci-faculty-pubs/21; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01154451.2014.965876
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper explores political participation in the post-modern sense where it is understood in terms of performativity. Such articulation brings to light a broader view of performance politics beyond the normal or traditional realms of governments and institutions and congruently advances into the f...