Do Czech Women Need 'Gender

A Conceptual History of 'Gender' in Czechia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3946336
AutoresAlexandria Wilson-Mcdonald (0000-0002-5215-6707, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen134
Número1
Páginas21-37
Fecha de publicación2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFeminist Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/01417789231166412
OpenAlexW4383956018
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas22

In recent years, there has been a growing anti-feminist, conservative movement across many parts of the world known as the anti-gender movement. This movement has been especially strong in Central Eastern Europe, where anti-gender actors have framed 'gender' as a static, foreign concept imported from 'the West' and destructive to 'traditional' societies. Utilising a postcolonial feminist approach, I examine the concept of 'gender' in Czechia, drawing attention to the role played by Czech academics, activists and policymakers in negotiating the use of the term 'gender'. This article traces the history of the term from the 1990s when 'gender' was first introduced to a Czech academic audience, through public seminars and lectures hosted by the Prague Gender Studies Centre, to the present-day inclusion of gender mainstreaming discourse in Czech policy documents. I reveal that 'gender' is not a timeless, clearly defined, fixed term wholly imported from 'the West' but rather a concept with a variable and complicated history. Thus, this crucial term, first developed in Anglo-academia, is not uncontested or uncritically accepted, contrary to the claims made by anti-gender actors. The findings presented in this article hold implications critical to transnational feminist dialogue and activism during the current period of growing global anti-feminist sentiment

Czech · Feminism · Feminist movement · Gender analysis · Gender equality · Gender history · Gender mainstreaming · Inclusion (mineral) · Negotiation · Period (music) · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law