Performances of Closeness and the Staging of Resistance with Mainstream Music: Analyzing the Symbolism of Pandemic Skeptical Protests.
Performances of closeness—showing one's uncovered face, physically touching others, rhythmic chanting combined with hand gestures, and collective singing and dancing—were central to pandemic-skeptical protests in Germany. This article shows that publicly performing such intercorporeal practices can...
| Publicado en: | German Politics & Society Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 35 - 61 |
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Berghahn Books
Summer2023
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