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Sex, Politics, and Putin - Political Legitimacy in Russia (Hardcover)
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Sex, Politics, and Putin - Political Legitimacy in Russia (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics
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Sex, Politics, and Putin investigates how gender stereotypes and
sexualization have been used as tools of political legitimation in
contemporary Russia. Despite their enmity, regime allies and
detractors alike have wielded traditional concepts of masculinity,
femininity, and homophobia as a means of symbolic endorsement or
disparagement of political leaders and policies. By repeatedly
using machismo as a means of legitimation, Putin's regime (unlike
that of Gorbachev or Yeltsin) opened the door to the concerted use
of gendered rhetoric and imagery as a means to challenge regime
authority. Sex, Politics, and Putin analyzes the political uses of
gender norms and sexualization in Russia through three case
studies: pro- and anti-regime groups' activism aimed at supporting
or undermining the political leaders on their respective sides;
activism regarding military conscription and patriotism; and
feminist activism. Arguing that gender norms are most easily
invoked as tools of authority-building when there exists widespread
popular acceptance of misogyny and homophobia, Sperling also
examines the ways in which sexism and homophobia are reflected in
Russia's public sphere.
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