FIGURE 1
Gesturing defiance
Source: Öfgar, 2022a
FIGURE 2
Ridiculing adversaries
Source: Öfgar, 2021b
FIGURE 3
Role modelling
Source: Öfgar, 2021c
FIGURE 4
Manifesting inequality
Source: Öfgar, 2021a
FIGURE 5
Staging debates
Source: Öfgar, 2021d
FIGURE 6
Embodying institutions
Source: Öfgar, 2022b
TABLE 1
Embodied rhetorical acts in Öfgar
| Embodied scene | Rhetorical act | Examples: |
|---|---|---|
| Gesturing defiance | To show defiance and aggressive rejection of detractors. | Giving the finger with hostile expression while playing aggressive music (Feminism embodied as a defiant and empowering act). |
| Ridiculing adversaries | To mock and delegitimate competing arguments, practices and the rhetorical “other”. | Roleplaying a woman who is momentarily surprised by a loud scream of a man representing patriarchal views as he catapults in the air above her and crashes into the wall (Ridicule and gestural dismissal). |
| Role modelling | To inspire and model for supporters. | Chronicling an emancipatory path of a young woman to activism through narrating experience of violence via gestural singing (Bodily expressing feminism as an emancipatory action). |
| Manifesting inequality | To interpret and expose how certain cultural practices are manifestations of gender inequality and sexism. | Advising how to navigate sexism in healthcare and then smiling sarcastically and giving a thumbs-up (Sarcastic smile as a sign of undercurrent socialpolitical discontent). |
| Staging debates | To challenge cultural practices and master narratives in staged dyadic interaction. | Staging rhetoric debate of two embodied sides, about the moral justification of publicly disclosing experiences of sexual violence (Rearrangement of the moral order via embodied stance and prompting moral agency). |
| Embodying institutions | To embody institutional identities and stage their gestural expressions. | Displaying patriarchy as a maliciously laughing face that spoils feelings of happiness (Affording patriarchy, a persona and an affective disposition emphasising the interpersonal and affective aspect of gender inequality). |
FIGURE 7
Three-tier signification occurring through bodily gestures.