RUSSIA'S OTHER WAR: PATRIARCHAL CULTURE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE # (#IAMNOTAFRAIDTOSPEAK) JULY 2016 CAMPAIGN ON VKONTAKTE

This article is dedicated to a controversial topic for Russian society, namely the campaign #%HeBomcbCKa3amb (#IamNotAfraidToSpeak) that took place in VKontakte's Russian speaking community in July 2016. First the article is based on a theoretical framework that draws attention to the concept o...

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Published in:Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai. Studia Europaea 2024-07, Vol.69 (1), p.233
Main Author: Miron, Ioana-Madalina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abused women
Family violence
Feminism
Restaurant industry
Social networks
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Summary:This article is dedicated to a controversial topic for Russian society, namely the campaign #%HeBomcbCKa3amb (#IamNotAfraidToSpeak) that took place in VKontakte's Russian speaking community in July 2016. First the article is based on a theoretical framework that draws attention to the concept of contentious politics and feminist movement. Second, I analysed the messages associated with #IamNotAfraidToSpeak, and argue that the campaign raised the visibility of the problem of domestic violence and patriarchal culture in the post-Soviet Russia, and this helped increase the significance of women's linguistic agency and made #IamNotAfraidToSpeak the first large-scale feminist movement in Russia. Moreover, in addition to the theoretical background, the paper focuses on a case study: The #%HeBomcbCKa3amb(#IAmNotAfraidToSpeak) campaign of July 2016 on VKontakte.
ISSN:1224-8746
DOI:10.24193/subbeuropaea.2024.1.13