Fairies and Fighters

Gendered Tactics of the Alter-Globalization Movement in Prague (2000) and Genoa (2001)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3945914
AutoresMarta Kolářová (0000-0002-5966-5328, University in Prague, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume92
Fascículo1
Páginas91-107
Data de publicação2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFeminist Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/fr.2009.8
OpenAlexW2469755385
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas22

This paper examines gender aspects of tactics of the alter-globalization movement. Focusing mainly on two transnational collective actions in Prague in 2000 and in Genoa in 2001, the research draws on participant observation, interviews with activists and analysis of the movement's alternative media. The feminist activism within the movement, the gendered tactics and their representation in the alternative media are analysed using the concept of diffusion. Although feminists are involved in the protests, and local Czech feminist activism was incited by the international mobilizations in Prague in 2000, they are often marginalized because of the emphasis on masculine confrontational and violent tactics used in demonstrations. The movement's alternative media further reproduce gender stereotypes. The visual representations of the tactics are traditionally gendered - women are depicted as fairies, men as fighters; this is because the movement does not want to appear weak and feminine, and seeks to be effective

Aesthetics · Alternative media · Czech · Feminism · Feminist movement · Globalization · Media studies · Movement (music) · Participant observation · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics) · Social movement · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising