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Caring Ecologies of the New Right and Left: Populist Performances of Care During the Pandemic
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Abstract This article examines leaders' ability to take care of the people during a global pandemic. The article focuses on two populist leaders in Spain: Ada Colau, Barcelona's mayor and a global municipalist referent, and Isabel Díaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid and a referent of the new rig... mehr
This article examines leaders' ability to take care of the people during a global pandemic. The article focuses on two populist leaders in Spain: Ada Colau, Barcelona's mayor and a global municipalist referent, and Isabel Díaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid and a referent of the new right in Europe. The analysis is informed by theoretical discussions on care, examining how populists perform micro and macro practices of care(lessness) as reflected on their Instagram accounts. How has a global pandemic affected populists' unspoken role of taking care of "their people"? Do they understand care as an individual or as a collective enterprise that challenges capitalist forms of annihilation? The article takes a feminist approach by challenging traditional male-centric analyses of populism. Methodologically, the article advances our understanding of discursive, visual, and affective approaches to digital storytelling. The data is analyzed through a combination of content analysis, a performative approach to populism and visual rhetorical analysis. The results show important differences in how right- and left-wing populists create their ethos as carers and establish emotional connections with those they care about, performing radical care versus neoliberal carelessness.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Spanien; Betreuung; Populismus; Leistungsfähigkeit; Neue Rechte; politische Linke; Führer; Soziale Medien; Politikerin
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Ada Colau; Isabel Díaz Ayuso; female populist leaders; new left; pandemic; performance
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 224-235
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 10 (2022) 4
Heftthema
Online Communities and Populism
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)