Artikel
The Personal Is Political Yet Again : Bringing Struggles between Gender Equality and Gendered Next of Kin onto the Feminist Agenda
Verfasst von:
Lotherington, Anne Therese
in:
Nora
Oslo:
2018
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129-141 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Lotherington, Anne Therese |
| Mitwirkende: | Ursin, Gøril [MitwirkendeR] Obstfelder, Aud [MitwirkendeR] |
| In: | Nora |
| Jahr: | 2018 |
| Sprache: | Nicht einzuordnen |
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| In spite of feminist criticism of the welfare state, Norwegian society is frequently perceived as gender-equal. As a truism of public discourse, gender equality affirms a neoliberal understanding of individuals as able to act independently and to freely choose their course in life. This article disrupts that truism with an analysis of a transitional process that occurred to a seemingly free and gender-equal married woman whose everyday life took an unexpected turn at the age of 50 when her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Using an abductive method, we construct a narrative with this woman as the main character. We then use the narrative as an optical device for scrutinizing encounters between the notions “free and gender-equal woman” and “gendered next of kin”, analysing the situated becoming of gender and understanding the encounters’ potential for agency and resistance. The inquiry brings a pattern of gendered encounters into being, demonstrating how a seemingly free and gender-equal woman’s strength and independence become subordinating weaknesses in encounters with the welfare state. This paradox raises questions about the politics of everyday life in a presumably gender-equal society, brings new struggles onto the feminist agenda, and demands that the personal becomes political yet again. | |
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