Abstract
Affective Suffrage: Social Media, Street Protests, and Theatre as Alternative Spaces for Political Self-Representation in the 2012 Mexican Presidential Elections
Highlights
Just before Mexico’s 2012 presidential election, which resulted in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)’s return to power after a twelve-year hiatus, tens of thousands of young people throughout the nation protested in the streets and online under the banner of a social movement called #YoSoy132 (#IAm132), demanding media impartiality and fair elections
I argue that, by fostering community and transparency in the face of a corrupt electoral system, these heterotopias serve as more productive sites for political self-representation than the anonymity of the voting booth
The examples examined here vary widely, from a spontaneous student protest movement organized via social media to alternative theatrical performances
Summary
TRANSMODERNITY: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World Title Affective Suffrage: Social Media, Street Protests, and Theatre as Alternative Spaces for Political Self-Representation in the 2012 Mexican Presidential Elections Journal TRANSMODERNITY: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, 7(2)
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