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While research in right-wing populism has recently been blossoming, a systematic study of the intersection of right-wing populism and gender is still missing, even though gender issues are ubiquitous in discourses of the radical right ranging from »ethnosexism« against immigrants, to »anti-genderism.«
This volume shows that the intersectionality of gender, race and class is constitutional for radical right discourse. From different European perspectives, the contributions investigate the ways in which gender is used as a meta-language, strategic tool and »affective bridge« for ordering and hierarchizing political objectives in the discourse of the diverse actors of the »right-wing complex.«
About the author
Gabriele Dietze (PD Dr.) lehrte und forschte in kultur- und medienwissenschaftlicher Perspektive u.a. zu Rassismus, Sexismus, Migration und Rechtpopulismus. Sie ist Mitglied im Zentrum für transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und war u.a. Harris-Professor of Gender Studies am Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) und Visiting Fellow am DuBois-Institute an der Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). Julia Roth lehrt Amerikanistik und Interamerican Studies an der Universität Bielefeld. Sie ist Direktorin des Centers for Interamerican Studies (CIAS) und PI im Graduiertenkolleg Experiencing Gender.
Summary
While research in right-wing populism has recently been blossoming, a systematic study of the intersection of right-wing populism and gender is still missing, even though gender issues are ubiquitous in discourses of the radical right ranging from »ethnosexism« against immigrants, to »anti-genderism.« This volume shows that the intersectionality of gender, race and class is constitutional for radical right discourse. From different European perspectives, the contributions investigate the ways in which gender is used as a meta-language, strategic tool and »affective bridge« for ordering and hierarchizing political objectives in the discourse of the diverse actors of the »right-wing complex.«
Report
»A first benefit of this volume is that it shows the fruitfulness of opening a feminist toolbox in the evolving theorizing about populism.
A second benefit is that the contributors raise important questions about the different types of right-wing populist actors and coalitions that exist and that use gender (and related categories) as a means for (sometimes strange) coalition building and for criticizing globalization processes (in sometimes contradicting ways).«
Pauline Stoltz, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 17.12.2020 20201217
