Of Markets, Masks, and (White) Men

Mimetic Performances of Parasitic Publicity During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID12099232
AuthorsNicholas S Paliewicz (0000-0003-3460-282X, University of Louisville, corresponding author), Emma Frances Bloomfield (0000-0002-6211-4471, Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
Year2023
Volume46
Issue1
Pages65-86
Publication date2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen s Studies in Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0749-1409 • E-ISSN: 2152-999X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07491409.2022.2156416
OpenAlexW4319836370
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited45

This article argues that the anti-masking and anti-vaccination subreddit community known as r/NoNewNormal is an example of a parasitic public that circulates feelings of autonomy, victimization, and militancy to advance white masculinity in the public sphere. This bundle of affects thrives parasitically on the corrosiveness of deliberative democracy and neoliberal antagonisms (e.g., mask mandates and lockdowns). We call this virulent enactment of parasitic publicity indecent public exposure (IPE) to emphasize the literal and figurative toxicity of white masculinity that has been “whipped out” during precarious times

Ambivalence · Autonomy · Biology · Criminology · Democracy · Masculinity · Political science · Public sphere · Publicity · Sociology · White (mutation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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