Activism Amid Disappointment
Women’s Groups and the Politics of Hope in Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6160889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nermin Allam (0000-0002-7536-4154, Department of Politics, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291-316 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18763375-01003004 |
| OpenAlex | W2898954817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
In this paper, I provide preliminary answers to two main questions, namely: How did the politics of disappointment unfold among female activists after the 2011 Egyptian uprising and specifically under the current regime? And what were the effects of the strong sense of emotional disappointment on women’s activism and collective action? The study is situated within the literature on emotions and contentious politics. Utilizing the rich theoretical tools found in the literature, I argue that disappointment did not mark the end of politics and activism among women’s groups in Egypt. The data for this paper was gathered from semi-structured interviews with female activists, protestors, and leaders of women’s rights groups. The data gathered was analyzed within the prism of critical discourse analysis in an attempt to empirically investigate how activists move both forward and backward as they navigate their own emotions in addition to a crippling political system. It is true that the situation is complicated and activism is restricted in Egypt, however, the essence of this research is ignited by participants’ affirmation that their experience in the uprising has changed them, and that “things cannot go back to the old days,” notwithstanding their disappointment over the turn of events. A focus on hope and disappointment places the experiences of activists squarely in our analysis. It allows researchers to reclaim the voices of female activists in explaining the challenges and opportunities that developed post the uprising and how these developments influenced and shaped their experience, movement, and mobilization
Collective action · Contentious politics · Disappointment · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Affective Encounters
Introduction
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The politics of the erotic
Islamist women’s feminist subjectivities in (r)evolution
The echoes of defeat
The ambivalent ‘emotional legacies’ of the 2011 Egyptian and Syrian revolutions
Living, remembering, and enduring revolutionary times
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Disappointed Hope
Sustaining motivation
The study of women and gender in the Middle East and North Africa beyond culturalism
Digital post/colonial feminism
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |