Examining the communication of female political leaders in the Global South

Bibliographic Data

ID6084906
AuthorsMark Nartey (0000-0001-8386-6616)
Year2024
Volume23
Issue1
Pages1-20
Publication date2024-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jlp.22143.nar
OpenAlexW4388222034
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited61

This Special Issue expands on the ongoing dialogue on the decolonial project by bringing together thought-provoking papers that examine the communication of female political leaders in the Global South. It draws on data from West Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East to elucidate how female politicians deploy language (including multimodal forms) to position themselves in the political arena and utilize linguistic resources to navigate the discursive practices associated with their political roles and responsibilities. The issue offers a critical discursive perspective on the complex interplay of gender, culture and political leadership, and holds implications for how key issues such as voice, agency, solidarity and empowerment are conceptualized and enacted in specific sociocultural contexts. It also contributes to overcoming epistemicide by decentring knowledge production and underscoring the importance of valuing and engaging with different knowledge systems, especially non-Western epistemologies

Agency (philosophy · Empowerment · Latin Americans · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Solidarity · Anthropology · Gender Politics and Representation · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Multilingual Education and Policy · Gender Studies