Overview
- Addresses gender inequality and gender activism in Nigeria and related African contexts
- Analyses the vibrant world of Nigerian blogs, where gender inequality is discussed, challenged and differentiated
- Explores how meaning-making practices intersect with technological affordances in the practice of gender activism
Part of the book series: Gender, Development and Social Change (GDSC)
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About this book
This book critically examines the interplay between gender inequality and activism in Nigeria and related African contexts. It does so by tackling, for the first time, the vibrant world of Nigerian blogs, where topics of gender inequality are actively discussed, openly challenged, and subtly differentiated. Blog discourses in Nigeria have amplified gender inequality, made visible hidden cases of gender discrimination, mounted pressure on the government, and fostered debates on the socio-economic and cultural status of women. Nevertheless, there is an evident hierarchisation of gender inequality topics among Nigerians, which affects how certain issues of discrimination are recognised, received, and represented, both online and off. This book combines qualitative methods such as textual analysis, critical discourse analysis, interviews, and thematic analysis to generate rich and rigorous insights. By adopting this multifaceted approach, it provides a broader and more critical perspective on blogging practices in Africa than previously attempted, contributing to feminist media studies, cultural studies, communication studies, sociology, political science, social psychology, anthropology, and women’s and gender studies. As a highly original piece of research, this book appeals to scholars, students, activists, and the public in both Western and non-Western English-speaking nations, fostering a deeper understanding of the dynamic intersections between digital media, culture, and society.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Diretnan Dikwal-Bot is an Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in Digital Media Studies at University College Dublin, Ireland. Her research interests and expertise focus broadly on the analysis of media use, social inequality, and cultural politics with a particular interest in gender, race, and ethnicity. Her recent publications are in Critical Discourse Studies, Feminist Media Studies and the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Blogging and Gender Activism in Nigeria
Book Subtitle: Analysing Cultural, Economic and Political Dimensions of Inequality
Authors: Diretnan Dikwal-Bot
Series Title: Gender, Development and Social Change
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84598-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-84597-0Published: 01 April 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-84600-7Due: 15 April 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-84598-7Published: 31 March 2025
Series ISSN: 2730-7328
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7336
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Politics and Gender, African Politics, Development Studies, Media and Communication, Gender Studies