Blurring Boundaries - 'Anti-Gender' Ideology Meets Feminist and LGBTIQ+ Discourses

In politischen Auseinandersetzungen wird "Gender" als Sammelbegriff für Themen wie Frauen- und LGBTIQ + -Rechte, Gleichstellung der Geschlechter, sexuelle Bildung, feministisches Wissen und Geschlechterforschung verwendet. Während sich bisherige Veröffentlichungen auf die anti-gender Gruppen selbst oder feministische und queere Reaktionen auf diese konzentrieren, beleuchtet dieser Band die verschwimmenden Grenzen zwischen beiden Lagern. Im Fokus steht die Frage, inwieweit "Anti-Gender"-Behauptungen mit bestimmten Spielarten in der feministischen und LGBTIQ+-Politik interagieren und so Diskursbrücken zu liberalen und progressiven Teilen der Gesellschaft bauen. Anders als der "Sammelbegriff" Gender vermuten lässt, ist das feministische und LGBTIQ+-Lager von politischen Konflikten, Meinungsverschiedenheiten und divergierenden Interessen durchzogen. Daher analysieren die Autor_innen die Verbindungen zwischen einigen dieser umstrittenen Positionen und dem "Anti-Gender"-Diskurs.

'Gender' is a catch-all term: it is used in discourses on women's and LGBTIQ+ rights, gender equality, sexual education, gender studies - and by the anti-gender movements. The book offers an analysis of the blurring boundaries between political positions known as 'anti-gender' on the one hand and feminist and LGBTIQ+ strands on the other, starting from the hypothesis that there are discursive bridges between both camps which go beyond the exploitation of emancipatory attitudes. Rather, there are linkages which originate in mainstream feminist and LGBTIQ+ positions. The volume sheds light on these linkages in order to make the case for the need for alliances and dialogues to more effectively counter crusades on women's and LGBTIQ+ constituencies.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Introduction: Blurring Boundaries. Uncanny Collusions, Overlaps, and Convergences in the Discursive Field of 'Gender' (Adriano José Habed, Annette Henninger, Dorothee Beck)I. TransphobiaSecuritizing Trans Bodies, (Re)Producing Lesbian Purity: Exploring the Discursive Politics of 'Gender Critical' Activists in the UK and Germany (Christine M. Klapeer and Inga Nüthen)Navigating Transphobia and Trans-Chauvinism: Effects of Right-Wing Policies on Trans People in the AfD (Judith Goetz)II. Femonationalism and EthnosexismFemonationalism, Neoliberal Activation, and Anti-Feminism - The Shifting Discourses on Gender Equality and Women's Issues in Austria (Edma Ajanovic)Anti-Muslim Articulations: Ethnosexist Common Sense and Gay Politics in the Alternative for Germany (Patrick Wielowiejski)III. Gender-Inclusive LanguageThe Crusade Against Gender-Inclusive Language in Germany - A Discursive Bridge Between the Far Right and the Civic Mainstream (Dorothee Beck)IV. Mobilizing and ResistingFramin g the LGBTQ Equality Debate: Movement/Countermovement Interactions and Resistances to Gender and Sexual Equality in Ukraine (Maryna Shevtsova)Anti-Feminist Mobilization and Popular Feminism in Turkey as Anti-Politics: Moralizing versus Psychologizing Social Wrongs (Funda Hülagü)V. Rethinking Critical ToolsUnderstanding 'Anti-Gender' and TERF Movements Through the Lens of Populism (Gadea Méndez Grueso)Where Does Anti-Feminist Outrage Come from and Whom Does it Address? Understanding Right-Wing Anti-Feminist Galvanizations Using Affect Theory and Authoritarianism Surveys (Christopher Fritzsche)Conclusion: Blurring Boundaries as an Invitation to Self-Reflection. A Roundtable Discussion (Dorothee Beck, Adriano José Habed, Annette Henninger, Hanna Mühlenhoff, Koen Slootmaeckers)Authors' BiosIndex

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Der Band richtet sich an Forschende der Gender und Queer Studies, aber auch an ein interessiertes Publikum darüber hinaus (S.16f). Da die Beiträge trotz der detaillierten Einleitung voraussetzungsvoll sind, kann der gut kuratierte Band aber generell für Forschende im Bereich des (Rechts-)Populismus empfohlen werden. Andreas Schulz-Tomancok "The collection's strength lies above all in the diverse array of methodologies used. Each essay is meticulously researched, exhibiting a forensic attention to detail and a robust commitment to self-reflexivity." Ry Montgomery, LSE Review of Books