The Personal as Political
The Personal as Political
Everyday Disruptions of the Political Mainstream
This chapter looks for the political in the everyday expressive statements individuals make in the context of trending Twitter conversations. As privately motivated actions attain a public orientation, they are infused with political potential and personal style. Style is performance and performance is power. Quantitative and qualitative findings reveal that people use play and performativity to define what political means for them and to feel their way into that political place. As people craft micro-narratives about who they are and how they differ or are similar to others, agency is semantically and affectively accessed, and claims to power are performed.
Keywords: play, performativity, affect
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