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femonationalism en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined by Sara R. Farris. Blend of feminism + nationalism, with the "o" patterned after homonationalism.

Meanings

1. (neologism, uncountable, usually) The association of a nationalist ideology with feminism, especially when having xenophobic motivations.
   • The case of Switzerland is of particular interest to furthering the understanding of femonationalism, we argue, because contrary to the case studies presented by these other authors, Switzerland was never a colonial state. 2020 July, Dina Bader, Véronique Mottier, “Femonationalism and populist politics: The case of the Swiss ban on female genital mutilation”, in Nations and Nationalism, volume 26, number 3:
   • In similar ways, femonationalism describes the attempts of European right-wing parties, among others, to co-opt feminist ideals into anti-immigrant and anti-Islam campaigns. 2012, Sara R. Farris, "Femonationalism and the 'Regular' Army of Labor Called Migrant Women", History of the Present, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 2012, page 187
   • Femonationalism thus operates from a place of cynicism, presenting itself as liberating Muslim women while doing the exact opposite. 2017, Edna Bonhomme, "The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism", The Nation, 7 May 2019

Forms

Relateds

purplewashing · femonationalist

Translations (9)

es femonacionalismo (Translations) · de Femonationalismus (Translations) · nl femonationalisme (Translations) · fr fémonationalisme (Translations) · ru фемонационализм (Translations) · pt femonacionalismo (Translations) · el φεμοεθνικισμός (Translations) · it femonazionalismo (Translations) · ca femonacionalisme (Translations)