AfricanAunties
Performing diasporic digital disbelongings on TikTok
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7530211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bimbola Akinbola (Performance Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 284-297 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462937.2022.2044071 |
| OpenAlex | W4214881407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
The “African aunties” hashtag has over 21 million views on the video-sharing app TikTok. Akinbola examines how African women and girls embody and perform the African auntie on TikTok, focusing on three types of videos: Deprecating auntie performances, celebratory auntie performances, and re-staged encounters with aunties. Specifically analyzing videos created by and/or featuring African women and girls, Akinbola argues that these content creators practice “digital disbelonging” by embracing the personal and cultural importance of their African aunties, while explicitly rejecting the forms of gendered surveillance, discipline and shame that shape their day to day lives
Art · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Digital Games and Media · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |