· 2017
In the Name of Womens Rights
- 896citations
- 2017year
Short summary
Femonationalism, the co-optation of feminist themes by right-wing and neoliberal groups, uses the guise of rescuing Muslim and migrant women to justify racist rhetoric and policies, while also funneling these women into segregated caregiving industries.
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Key points
- Femonationalism describes the exploitation of feminist concerns by anti-Islam and xenophobic campaigns.
- Groups use the rhetoric of rescuing Muslim and migrant women to advance racist policies.
- This instrumentalization of gender equality serves both political and economic interests.
- Neoliberal policies and feminist groups can inadvertently segregate migrant women into caregiving industries.
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Abstract
Sara R. Farris examines the demands for women's rights from an unlikely collection of right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policy makers. Focusing on contemporary France, Italy, and the Netherlands, Farris labels this exploitation and co-optation of feminist themes by anti-Islam and xenophobic campaigns as “femonationalism.” She shows that by characterizing Muslim males as dangerous to western societies and as oppressors of women, and by emphasizing the need to rescue Muslim and migrant women, these groups use gender equality to justify their racist rhetoric and policies. This practice also serves an economic function. Farris analyzes how neoliberal civic integration policies and feminist groups funnel Muslim and non-western migrant women into the segregating domestic and caregiving industries, all the while claiming to promote their emancipation. In the Name of Women's Rights documents the links between racism, feminism, and the ways in which non-western women are instrumentalized for a variety of political and economic purposes.
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Field: Gender Studies
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