'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 movement. The book offers an analysis of the blurring boundaries between political positions known as 'anti-gender' and feminist and LGBTIQ+ strands, 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.
Introduction: Blurring Boundaries. Uncanny Collusions, Overlaps, and Convergences in the Discursive Field of ‘Gender’ (Adriano José Habed, Annette Henninger, Dorothee Beck) I. Transphobia Securitizing 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 Ethnosexism Femonationalism, 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 Language The Crusade Against Gender-Inclusive Language in Germany — A Discursive Bridge Between the Far Right and the Civic Mainstream (Dorothee Beck) IV. Mobilizing and Resisting Framing 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 Tools Understanding ‘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’ Bios Index
Dorothee Beck is a research associate at Philipps-University Marburg, Germany. Adriano José Habed is an assistant professor in Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University, Netherlands. Annette Henninger is a professor for Gender and Politics at the University of Marburg, Germany.
Reviews for Blurring Boundaries – ‘Anti-Gender’ Ideology Meets Feminist and LGBTIQ+ Discourses
"""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"
