Fight like a girl’

Virtual bedroom culture in public school occupations in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID12928376
AuthorsFernanda Castilho (0000-0003-2301-0554, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author), Richard Romancini (0000-0002-1651-5880, Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2017
Volume9
Issue2
Pages303-320
Publication date2017-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCatalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-1898 • E-ISSN: 1757-1901
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/cjcs.9.2.303_1
OpenAlexW2772327840
LanguageEN
Citations received2

The aim of this work is to analyse a possible association of feminist engagement, young women and media activism through observing the public school occupations (PSO) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2015. This issue has implications for education, gender and media policies, and citizenship. Cultural Studies was the main theory approach used, especially the concept of bedroom culture. The research design of this study was qualitative and exploratory with focus group data analysis. In the results we observe that gender had a specific relationship with the PSO due to the central role of females in the movement, which was highlighted by the six girls who participated in the focus group. The online and offline involvement with this movement helped increase gender awareness among the youth, enabling the development of a political posture for the confrontation of the oppression and domination of women, especially for girls who had never had contact with feminism out of their bedrooms

Bedroom · Citizenship · Developmental psychology · Exploratory research · Feminism · Focus group · Geography · Girl · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Education and Work Dynamics · Gender Studies · Psychodrama and Leishmaniasis Studies · Psychology · Rural and Ethnic Education

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