Sex, politics, and Putin
Valerie Sperling · 2015
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Is Vladimir Putin macho, or is he a 'fag'? Sperling investigates how gender stereotypes and sexualization have been used as tools of political legitimation in Putin's Russia. Despite their political polarization, 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 opened the door to the concerted use of gendered rhetoric and imagery as a means to challenge regime authority.
Book details
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Series
- Oxford studies in culture and politics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 360
- ISBN
- 9780199324347
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