Mourning as Resistance: a Butlerian Perspective of the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests
Around the world, Christians displaying public mourning is not new, and yet Christians in Hong Kong created practices of mourning for the public amidst the 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Protests to grieve the death of a college-age protestor. This article draws on a wide range of news media to examine...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2024
|
| In: |
Exchange
Year: 2024, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 273-299 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBM Asia NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Grievability
B Hong Kong B Judith Butler B public mourning B Christian activism B 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Protests |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Around the world, Christians displaying public mourning is not new, and yet Christians in Hong Kong created practices of mourning for the public amidst the 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Protests to grieve the death of a college-age protestor. This article draws on a wide range of news media to examine how the public created the use of rituals and mourning practices and how the government attempted to discredit them. By employing Judith Butler’s conceptualization of grievability, this article also aims to emphasize the connection between public mourning and social justice. Public mourning is not only a spiritual experience of expressing sorrow and despair in front of God, but also a political act to affirm lives and denounce violence within civic society. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Exchange
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543x-bja10075 |