Towards the Aesthetics of Instagram Poetry: Portraying Woman’s Healing Process in Rupi Kaur’s Selected Poems
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https://doi.org/10.31185/wjfh.Vol22.Iss1.1527Keywords:
Instagram poetry, Subaltern Women, Oppression, Spivak, AbjectionAbstract
Instagram poetry generates a legitimate marriage between plastic arts and poetic words, removing the burden of relying solely on the ear when appreciating poems. The current study bridges the gap between written poetic verses and their visual formation. It avoids separating form from content. This appears in Rupi Kaur’s attempt of translating women’s suffering into drawings, placed next to minimal texts. The current study aims to investigate the way the corporality of the Instapoem mirrors the intended message, where the abstract idea becomes tangible. It also explores the way Kaur depicts healing, not as a static process, but as a gradual and transformative one. Methodologically, this study adopts the qualitative method, integrating a close reading with textual and visual analysis. The study concludes that Kaur gives voice to shushed women through the rearticulation of trauma, where the Instapoem becomes not only a site of exhibiting women’s wretchedness but also a choric space for their healing process.
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