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December 28, 2017Women s Studies International Forum96 citationsOpen Access

Safety for whom? Exploring femonationalism and care-racism in Sweden

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MSMaja SagerDMDiana Mulinari

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In Sweden, support for right-wing xenophobic parties and neo-Nazi inspired organisations are on the increase, and are connected with, and manifested through, an emotional regime of hate directed towards feminism and towards women embodying feminist agendas. At the same time, feminist-inspired concerns about gender equality are often mobilised and appropriated for racist and anti-immigration arguments. The article explores this conjuncture between racism and anti-feminism as a political project, focusing particularly on how anti-feminist agendas act upon notions of trygghet (safety) and connects these to a nationalist and racist agenda. The article also explores the diverse ways in which self-identified antiracist feminists, many of them with migrant backgrounds and/or identifying as queer, confront these attacks and struggle for alternative understandings of safety that transcend hetero-patriarchal and ethno-nationalist agendas.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a17d1f040149b897cb45ddfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2017.12.002
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