Analyzing case studies from a variety of contexts, the volume claims gender to be a crucial dimension of right-wing populist discourse and thus promotes a gender perspective for research on right-wing populism.

While research in right-wing populism has recently been blossoming, a systematic study of the intersection of right-wing populism and gender is still missing, even though gender issues are ubiquitous in discourses of the radical right ranging from »ethnosexism« against immigrants, to »anti-genderism.« This volume shows that the intersectionality of gender, race and class is constitutional for radical right discourse. From different European perspectives, the contributions investigate the ways in which gender is used as a meta-language, strategic tool and »affective bridge« for ordering and hierarchizing political objectives in the discourse of the diverse actors of the »right-wing complex.«

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Gabriele Dietze (PD Dr.) lehrte und forschte in kultur- und medienwissenschaftlicher Perspektive u.a. zu Rassismus, Sexismus, Migration und Rechtpopulismus. Sie ist Mitglied im Zentrum für transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und war u.a. Harris-Professor of Gender Studies am Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) und Visiting Fellow am DuBois-Institute an der Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). Julia Roth lehrt Amerikanistik und Interamerican Studies an der Universität Bielefeld. Sie ist Direktorin des Centers for Interamerican Studies (CIAS) und PI im Graduiertenkolleg Experiencing Gender.