Querying Karen: The Rise of the Angry White Woman
Peer reviewed, Journal article
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2724906Utgivelsesdato
2020Metadata
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10.1177/1367549420947777Sammendrag
The (often memetic) figure of the white female “Karen” has surged to prominence of late, moving from social media vernacular into broader usage at exactly the moment when twin crises of public health and racial social justice have fomented momentous change and uncertainty in American life. The angry “Karen” is invoked to indicate her manipulation of her racial power, but she is equally significant, we suggest, for her positioning within a pre-existing antagonistic service economy.