The Scandal of Women’s Emancipation. Femonationalism, Right-Wing Sexual Politics, and Anti-Feminism

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ID12426286
AuthorsCornelia Möser (0000-0001-9629-6536, Cresppa-GTM, CNRS , Paris, France, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume29
Issue4
Pages1544-1565
Publication date2022-04-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxac012
OpenAlexW4225791269
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited30

In the past decade, several publications in gender studies have been grappling with conservative and reactionary politics claiming to defend women and sexual minorities against immigrants. Sara Farris’s concept of femonationalism offers explanations for the paradox of far-right actors pretending to care about women and sexual minorities and some feminists making racist statements. Yet Farris’s methodology as well as her arguments show important shortcomings. In a close reading of Farris’s book, this article refutes her hypothesis of a conversion of far-right, EU, neoliberal, and feminist politics and lays out alternative perspectives in order to develop a better understanding of the ongoing phenomenon. The article deconstructs the false opposition of heterosexual familialist migrant and Muslim communities versus queer-friendly feminist Europeans. In presenting recent feminist studies, the article suggests it is necessary to understand paradoxical far-right sexual politics in their familialist, capitalist, and colonialist contexts

Emancipation · Feminism · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Queer · Reactionary · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Gender Studies · Law

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