"Belarusians are kitties”

How ? verbal meme became a national symbol

Authors

  • Anna Rakityanskaya Harvard Library

Keywords:

Belarusian protest, Social media, Cats in culture, Memes, National identity, Internet and society

Abstract

The protests in Belarus that followed the contested Presidential election held on August 9, 2020, produced an unprecedented amount of creative output in the form of posters, artwork, verbal and visual memes, internet posts and many other formats.

Author Biography

Anna Rakityanskaya, Harvard Library

Librarian for Russian and Belarusian Collections

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Published

2021-06-03

Issue

Section

Scholarly Expression