European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS)

Why is being a victim such a potent identity today?

Read @kat_hig's #bookreview of "Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood" (@ColumbiaUP) by @chouliaraki_l here: doi.org/10.1177/136754…

“Refugee Voices: Performativity and the Struggle for Recognition” (@Routledge_MandC) by @_robsharp explores how participatory creative production allows refugees to be recognised in emotional, legal and social ways. Read the #bookreview by @mmmzsk here: doi.org/10.1177/136754…

In “Performing Fear in Television Production” (@AmsterdamUPress), @xiaorongfong turns to the lived everyday of media producers in Singapore to explore what it takes to perpetuate authoritarian resilience in the media. Read the #review by Howard Lee here:
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In "Anokha emerging: The Asian Underground, new ethnicities, and diversity conservatism", @rikjaz (@ucl) places British-Asian club and music aesthetics in a broader terrain of avant-garde cultural production and representational politics.

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From ‘girlboss’ to #stayathomegirlfriend: @IOJ_Sykes (@bruneluni) argues that the romanticisation of domesticity on @tiktok_us ultimately serves to exacerbate the societal disavowal of social reproduction labour under neoliberal capitalism.

doi.org/10.1177/136754… #TikTok