Beschreibung

‘Gender’ is a catch-all term: it is used in discourses on women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights, gender equality, sexual education, gender studies – and by the anti-gender movements. The book offers an analysis of the blurring boundaries between political positions known as ‘anti-gender’ on the one hand and feminist and LGBTIQ+ strands on the other, starting from the hypothesis that there are discursive bridges between both camps which go beyond the exploitation of emancipatory attitudes. Rather, there are linkages which originate in mainstream feminist and LGBTIQ+ positions. The volume sheds light on these linkages in order to make the case for the need for alliances and dialogues to more effectively counter crusades on women’s and LGBTIQ+ constituencies.

The volume aims to understand the extent to which ‘anti-gender’ claims resonate with certain strands in feminist and LGBTIQ+ politics, thus building discursive bridges to more liberal and progressive parts of society. ‘Anti-gender’ activists trivialize feminist and LGBTIQ+ theorizing and activism as a cohesive unity under the rubric of ‘gender’. Yet, the feminist and LGBTIQ+ camp itself is traversed by political conflicts, disagreements, and diverging interests. Thus, the authors analyse linkages between some of these contested positions and ‘anti-gender’ discourse. The volume emphasizes blurring boundaries between different discursive domains to make the case for the need for alliances and dialogues to more effectively counter crusades on women’s and LGBTIQ+ constituencies. The chapters discuss factors, in feminist and queer discourses and politics, which open the doors for alignment, cooptation, and/or appropriation by ‘anti-gender’ groups as well as feminist and queer reactions to attacks as a unitary entity, and common ground for alliances and joint strategies in response to these attacks.

Table of contents + reading sample

The editors:
Dorothee Beck is a research associate at Philipps-University Marburg, Germany.
Adriano José Habed is an assistant professor in Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University, Netherlands.
Annette Henninger is a professor for Gender and Politics at the University of Marburg, Germany.

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The subject areas:
Social Sciences, Gender Studies

Zusätzliche Information

Autor*innen

Dorothee Beck

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Adriano José Habed

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Annette Henninger

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Schlagwörter

Activism, anti-feminism, anti-gender, equality, ethnic, far right, feminism, feminist discourse, Gender, lesbian, LGBTIQ, movement, national, politics, Queer, Schwerpunkt Rechtsextremismus und Antisemitismus, transphobia

Die Stärke des Bandes ist es, herausgearbeitet zu haben, dass das blurring boundaries darauf beruht, reine und fixe Identitäten zu konstruieren – trotz bzw. wegen unklarer Grenzen. Außerdem wird die Bearbeitung von gesellschaftlichen Widersprüchen, auch von Widersprüchen oder Konflikten im Feminismus, von rechten Akteur_in­nen aufgegriffen und zu einem vermeintlichen Lösungsnarrativ zusammengefügt.

Birgit Sauer, Femina Politica, 2-2024

Der Band richtet sich an Forschende der Gender und Queer Studies, aber auch an ein interessiertes Publikum darüber hinaus (S.16f). Da die Beiträge trotz der detaillierten Einleitung voraussetzungsvoll sind, kann der gut kuratierte Band aber generell für Forschende im Bereich des (Rechts-)Populismus empfohlen werden.

Andreas Schulz-Tomančok, GENDER 2-2024

The collection’s strength lies above all in the diverse array of methodologies used. Each essay is meticulously researched, exhibiting a forensic attention to detail and a robust commitment to self-reflexivity.

Ry Montgomery, LSE Review of Books

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