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In person icon Making Feminist Sense of Left-wing and Radical Politics in Contemporary Europe

Gender
Political Participation
Social Movements
Feminism
Marxism
P057
Jonathan Dean
University of Leeds
Akwugo Emejulu
University of Warwick
Tania Verge
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

In person icon Building: Gamla torget, Floor: 2, Room: Brusewitz

Friday 14:15 - 16:00 CEST (12/06/2015)

Abstract

In 1979, Heidi Hartmann (in)famously characterised the relationship between Marxism and feminism as an “unhappy marriage”. In contemporary Europe, continued allegations of sexual violence across a range of left and radical spaces might suggest that Hartmann’s insights remain prescient as ever. Conversely, recent feminist interventions within Occupy, left parties, and anti-austerity movements across Europe might indicate possibilities for a more harmonious relationship. By foregrounding gender and feminism as key to understanding contemporary left politics and radical activism, the proposed panel will tackle the following questions: how, and in what ways, does gender figure in the practices of contemporary left and radical parties, movements and organisations? What kinds of gender norms are operative within them and how do they vary across contexts and identity markers such as race, class and sexuality? And to what extent is feminism an explicit object of resistance and mobilisation within contemporary left and radical politics?

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