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Media Transnationalism and the Politics of ‘Feminised Corruption’

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Omotoso, Sharon Adetutu:
Media Transnationalism and the Politics of ‘Feminised Corruption’.
Institute of African Studies; Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Bayreuth, Germany , 2023 . - VII, 25 S. - (University of Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers ; 34 ) (Academy reflects; 8)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006826

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Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple - Reconfiguring African Studies
EXC2052

Projektfinanzierung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Abstract

As corruption threatens state sovereignty and undermines the achievement of gender parity in politics, media have been pivotal in feminising corruption among female political office holders. By feminised corruption, I refer to recent trends of typifying women as corrupt and making more women visible among the corrupt across political spaces. While scholars have engaged with feminised poverty, focus on feminised corruption in transnational context is limited. Consequently, that media transnationalism essentialises women as higher moral agents is comprehensible; what is worrisome is how media transnationalism turns back to weaponise corruption against women in public office. Could an avowal that women are the world’s proletariat be connected with feminised corruption? If transnationalism resembles the "trans" in transvestism as Judith Butler suggests, how does media feminise corruption in transnational contexts? By focusing on feminised corruption among female political office holders, this study deploys Nigeria’s Diezani Allison Madueke’s corruption saga (1) to spotlight new, comparative insight that media transnationalism shed on feminised corruption (2) to understand how moral conduct of female political office holders affect women’s political participation, and; (3) to seek feminist moral approach that could address the challenges of feminised corruption. While this study is in no way justifying corruption or seeking to exonerate anyone, it calls attention to misogynistic use of media to deprive women and discourage new entrants from venturing politics. It emphasises moral tools necessary for any meaningful involvement of women in political activities and suggests how women may use these tools to survive and thrive within political spaces across states.

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Publikationsform: Working paper, Diskussionspapier
Keywords: African Feminist Ethics; feminised corruption; media transnationalism; medialities
Institutionen der Universität: Profilfelder > Advanced Fields > Afrikastudien
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren > Institut für Afrikastudien - IAS > Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies - BAAAS
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungsstellen > Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Forschungseinrichtungen > Sonderforschungsbereiche, Forschergruppen > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten
Profilfelder
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields
Forschungseinrichtungen
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren > Institut für Afrikastudien - IAS
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungsstellen
Forschungseinrichtungen > Sonderforschungsbereiche, Forschergruppen
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 000 Informatik,Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke > 070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 170 Ethik
300 Sozialwissenschaften > 320 Politikwissenschaft
Eingestellt am: 23 Jan 2023 14:31
Letzte Änderung: 25 Jan 2023 07:34
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/73504