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In the Name of Womens Rights: The Rise of Femonationalism
Duke University Press
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ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7292-9
Publication date:
2017
Book Chapter
The Political Economy of Femonationalism
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Published:April 2017
Chapter 5 emphasizes that the double standard applied today to non-western migrant populations—according to which men are the “dangerous Other” while women are the “victims to be rescued”—follows a political economic logic. Analyzing the strategic role of non-western migrant women (Muslim and non-Muslim alike) in the care and domestic sector, in the context of the state’s retreat from public care provisions, aging populations, and growing participation of western European women in the labor market, it shows that the cheap labor of migrant women has become essential for the reproduction of western European societies and economies. This testifies to a fundamental...
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