Performative Citizenship
Performative citizenship is a theoretic lens and framework for analyzing political and ethical acts.
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Description
A legal definition of citizenship ascribes specific rights and liberties to a fixed population, usually with some restriction founded similarly in legalism.
Performative citizenship, in contrast, describes citizenship as the active claiming of rights and duties by a population. These claims are pressed in performative acts (e.g., art, protest, etc.).
History
The theory is largely pioneered by Isin; see Theorizing Acts of Citizenship and Performative Citizenship.