Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin (2020). Global–local dynamics in anti-feminist discourses: an analysis of Indian, Russian and US online communities. International affairs, 96(5), pp. 1367-1385. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ia/iiaa130
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Women's rights are a core part of a global consensus on human rights. However, we are currently experiencing an increasing popularity of anti-feminist and misogynist politics threatening to override feminist gains. In order to help explain this current revival and appeal, in this article I analyse how anti-feminist communities construct their collective identities at the intersection of local and global trends and affiliations. Through an in-depth analysis of representations in the collective identities of six popular online anti-feminist communities based in India, Russia and the United States, I shed light on how anti-feminists discursively construct their anti-feminist ‘self’ and the feminist ‘other’ between narratives of localized resistance to change and backlash against the results of broader societal developments associated with globalization. The results expose a complex set of global–local dynamics, which provide a nuanced understanding of the differences and commonalities of anti-feminist collective identity-building and mobilization processes across contexts. By explicitly focusing on the role of discursively produced locations for anti-feminist identity-building and providing new evidence on anti-feminist communities across three different continents, the article contributes to current discussions on transnational anti-feminist mobilizations in both social movement studies and feminist International Relations.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science |
ISSN: |
0020-5850 |
Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Ann-Kathrin Rothermel |
Date Deposited: |
11 May 2023 14:55 |
Last Modified: |
11 May 2023 14:55 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/ia/iiaa130 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/182481 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/182481 |
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