Masculinity and Secessionism in Italy

An Assessment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6305677
AutoresMichel Huysseune (0000-0002-4240-0825, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, autor correspondente)
Ano2000
Volume6
Fascículo4
Páginas591-610
Data de publicação2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1354-5078.2000.00591.x
OpenAlexW2169037569
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas9

The masculinist rhetoric of the northern Italian separatist party, the Lega Nord, is an example of nationalist status affirmation. The stereotyped contrast between effeminate southerners and masculine northerners developed at the end of last century is used to affirm the superiority of the masculine North. The Lega's rhetoric parallels mainstream concerns on Italy's international status, and proposals for reforms to make Italy more ‘masculine’ and European. The use of a gendered language for the affirmation of national status reveals a belief in a normative hierarchy of nations, but also introduces a tension between a ‘masculinist’ status affirmation and a model of modernity which includes the emancipation of women as one of its principles

Argument (complex analysis · Emancipation · Hierarchy · Linguistics · Mainstream · Masculinity · Modernity · Nationalism · Normative · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · European Political History Analysis · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Philosophy