Feminist and LGBTI+ Activism Across Russia, Scandinavia and Turkey : : Transnationalizing Spaces of Resistance.

• Superior document: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times
• Author: Çağatay, Selin.
• TeilnehmendeR: Liinason, Mia.; Sasunkevich, Olga.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022; 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages)

What do struggles for women’s and LGBTI+ rights in Russia, Turkey and the Scandinavian countries have in common? And what can actors who struggle for rights and justice in these contexts learn from each other? Based on a multisited ethnography of feminist and LGBTI+ activisms across Russia, Turkey and the Scandinavian countries, this Open Access book explores transnational struggles on various levels, from the micro-scale of the everyday to large-scale, spectacular events. Drawing on ethnographic insights and encounters from various sites, this book conceptualizes resistance as situated in the grey zone between barely perceptible, even hidden or covert, forms of mundane activist practices and highly visible street protests, gathering large crowds. Taking the reader beyond the dichotomies of visible/invisible and public/private, this book advances new understandings of resistance, solidarity, and activism in transnationalizing feminist and queer struggles, illustrated by rich ethnographic case studies from Russia, Scandinavia and Turkey.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Feminist and LGBTI+ Activism across Russia, Scandinavia and Turkey -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Transnationalizing Feminist and LGBTI+ Activisms in Russia, the Scandinavian Countries, and Turkey -- Varieties of Modernization in the Early Twentieth Century -- Cold War Rivalries and Transnational Organizing -- Contemporary Contestations of Gender Equality and Sexual Rights -- Navigating Contested Terms -- Multi-scalar Transnational Methodology -- Fieldwork in/on Russia -- Fieldwork in the Scandinavian Countries -- Fieldwork in Turkey -- Positionality and Ethical Concerns -- Chapter Outline -- References -- 2 Transnational Spaces of Resistance -- Scaling Resistance -- Transnational Civil Society: Between Co-optation and Resistance -- Promises and Pitfalls of Transnational Solidarity -- From Individual Bodies to Transnational Organizing: Beyond the Dichotomy of Visibility-Invisibility -- References -- 3 Transforming Conditions of Feminist and LGBTI+ Activism -- Contextualizing Feminist and LGBTI+ Activism: State-Civil Society Contestations -- Russia: Activists' Mobilization in Response to Repressive State Practices -- Turkey: Coping with the State Through In/Formal Organizing -- Scandinavian Countries: Civil Society as Extended Arm of State and the Invisibility of Marginalized Actors -- Marketization and Tensions Within Transnational Civil Society -- International Collaborations Beyond the East-West Divide -- Majority/Minority Divides -- Regional/Metropolitan Belongings -- (Un)doing Donor Politics -- Funding Policies and the Agenda of Activist Work -- Salaries: Between Passion and Profession -- Resisting Donor Hegemonies -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Solidarities Across: Borders, Belongings, Movements -- De/stabilizing Divides Through Transnational Solidarities.

Dissonances Across the (Imagined) West and Non-West -- Challenging Regional and Geopolitical Belongings -- Hymn Singing and Anti-Colonial Resistance: Solidarity as Shared Labor -- Practices of Faith as Solidarity Work -- Material and Symbolic Redistribution Through Shared Labor -- The Role of Religion in Justice Struggles -- Ambivalences of Transnational Campaigns -- Local Implications of Global Campaigns and Disputes Over Feminism -- Complicity and Responsibility in Cross-Border Solidarity -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Spaces of Appearance and the Right to Appear: March 8 in Local Bodily Assemblies -- Multi-Sited Ethnography in Relation to March 8 -- International Women's Day in Sweden -- International Women's Day in Russia -- International Women's Day in Turkey -- Struggles for the Right to Appear -- March 8 in Sweden: Agency, Visibility, and the Role of Feminism in the Hood -- March 8 in Russia: Claiming the Right to Appear -- March 8 in Istanbul: Struggles Over Anonymous Visibility -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Index.