Full Description
In recent years, issues of gender and sexuality have become a political battlefield on which far-right, religious and conservative actors wage their war against liberal and left-wing ideas, as well as emancipatory movements. 'Anti-Gender' crusades, which had originally been launched by the Vatican, deeply impacted societies and politics especially as these discourses were adopted by the secular far-right. Campaigns against sexual and reproductive rights, against gender equality and sexual diversity were waged from Russia to the United States and from Latin America to Japan.
This new book brings together research and analyses from five continents in order to promote a global perspective on the thoroughly global phenomenon of the current culture wars around sex and gender. The contributions show how transnational networks spread discourses, which were developed in the Global North, and how they become re-articulated in different national, political and religious contexts.
Contents
AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Global Perspectives on Anti-Feminism - Stefanie Mayer and Judith GoetzPart I: Global Patterns of Contemporary Anti-Feminism 1. The XXI Century Crusade against Democracy in Latin America: 'Gender Ideology' at the Frontline - Gabriela Arguedas-Ramírez2. 'Comprehensive Sexuality Education is Satanic': Homosexuality, Politics, and Christian Nationalism in Ghana - Regina Fuller3. The Backlash against Feminist Body Positive Activism in Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: a Transnational post-Soviet Trend? - Katharina Wiedlack and Iain Zabolotny4. A European Agenda? The Supra-National Dimension of Anti-Feminism in Europe - Stefanie Mayer and Judith Goetz5. Weak Men and the Feminisation of Society: Locating the Ideological Glue between the Manosphere and Far-Right - Simon Copland
Part II: Introduction: Local Articulations of Global Anti-Feminism
6. 'Original Design' and the Renewal of Patriarchy. Discipleship and Religious Politicisation in an Evangelical Church in Quito (Ecuador) - Cristina Vega7. The Anti-feminist Narrative of the Hindu Right in India - Hira Naaz8. Queers and National Anxiety: Discourses on Gender and Sexuality from Anti-Gender Backlash Movements in Japan since the 2000s - Kazuyoshi Kawasaka 9. Anti-Feminism in the Context of Corona Conspiracy Theories in Germany - Mareike Fenja Bauer 10. South African Anti-feminism: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Opposition to South African Feminist Activism - Amber Beeson
Concluding Remarks: Global Articulations of Anti-Feminism - Judith Goetz and Stefanie Mayer
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