Masculinity and Secessionism in Italy

An Assessment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6305677
AutoresMichel Huysseune (0000-0002-4240-0825, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen6
Número4
Páginas591-610
Fecha de publicación2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1354-5078.2000.00591.x
OpenAlexW2169037569
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias 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