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Fascism, nature and communication: a Discursive-affective analysis of cuteness in ecofascist propaganda
Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap. Gender Studies.ORCID-id: 0000-0003-4233-7835
2025 (engelsk)Inngår i: Feminist Media Studies, ISSN 1468-0777, E-ISSN 1471-5902, Vol. 25, nr 2, s. 443-463Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
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Ecofascism-the union of fascist ideas and ecological notions-is a rising global issue. Ecofascism in the online sphere often encompasses imaginaries of utopia, love and nostalgia in concert with militarism and violence. This article examines cuteness as a strategic tool used to arouse culturally deemed "positive" emotions like joy, love and pleasure. The study draws on findings from an affective-discursive analysis of visual propaganda in the form of ecofascist memes. The analysis shows that cuteness softens fascist ideology and remasculinises and humanises fascism. Cuteness as a rhetorical tool lessens the needs for ideological defence, since cute signifiers condense structures of meaning into binaries of good and evil. Hence, the article argues that cuteness is a powerful affective political communication strategy that serves to reproduce masculine dominance by mobilising gendered and racialised imaginaries of nature, protection, empathy and belonging.

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Routledge, 2025. Vol. 25, nr 2, s. 443-463
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Ecofascism, cuteness, masculinities, nordic, far-right propaganda
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-112293DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2024.2313006ISI: 001169343200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85186453624OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-112293DiVA, id: diva2:1844959
Tilgjengelig fra: 2024-03-15 Laget: 2024-03-15 Sist oppdatert: 2026-01-08bibliografisk kontrollert

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