This book offers a systematic and comparative analysis of the intersections of religion and gender in times of populism across the EU-Mediterranean. The chapters explore tensions and issues related to religion and gender in nations including Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, and Israel/Palestine. Shifting attention from the European Union to the Mediterranean area allows the inclusion of countries whose history is significantly interwoven, taking into account the legacies of colonialism, the effects of post-colonialism, and the role of the EU in relation to gender-related issues in particular. The volume investigates not only country-specific cases but highlights similarities and differences in the region and aims to understand how the interconnections influence the issues at stake. It draws together countries with non-Christian majoritarian religions, with different political regimes, and where feminism and womens movements have different shapes, histories, and relationships with religion. The book will appeal to scholars interested in the entanglements of gender, religion, and populism from a range of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, political science, religious studies, and gender studies.
This book offers a systematic and comparative analysis of the intersections of religion and gender in times of populism across the EU-Mediterranean.
This book offers a systematic and comparative analysis of the
intersections of religion and gender in times of populism across the
EU-Mediterranean. The chapters explore tensions and issues related to
religion and gender in nations including Portugal, Italy, Croatia,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, and Israel/Palestine. Shifting
attention from the European Union to the Mediterranean area allows the
inclusion of countries whose history is significantly interwoven, taking into
account the legacies of colonialism, the effects of post-colonialism, and the
role of the EU in relation to gender-related issues in particular. The volume
investigates not only country-specific cases but highlights similarities and
differences in the region and aims to understand how the interconnections
influence the issues at stake. It draws together countries with non-Christian
majoritarian religions, with different political regimes, and where feminism
and womens movements have different shapes, histories, and relationships
with religion. The book will appeal to scholars interested in the
entanglements of gender, religion and populism from a range of disciplines
including anthropology, sociology, political science, religious studies and
gender studies.
Alberta Giorgi is a senior assistant professor in the Sociology of Cultural Processes and Communication at the University of Bergamo, Italy, and an associate researcher in the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Jślia Garraio is a researcher in the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Teresa Toldy is full professor at Fernando Pessoa University and a researcher in the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
