TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Discursive Dynamics in Gender Equality Politics
JO  - European journal of women's studies
A1  - Verloo, Mieke
A1  - Meier, Petra
A1  - Lombardo, Emanuela
SP  - 105
EP  - 123
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - Discursive dynamics play an important role in shaping the meanings of gender equality. The article discusses the relation between hegemonic discourses on gender equality policies and feminist taboos. It suggests that feminist scholars could paradoxically be trapped in hegemonic discourses on gender equality policies that may lead to taboos about particular approaches to and interpretations of such policies. Three main feminist hegemonic discourses are considered to act as taboos. They deal with the possibility to overcome patriarchy, the role of elites and other groups of actors in processes of gender transformation and the merits of incremental change. The article further discusses the implications of the postulate about hegemonic discourses and taboos on gender equality for feminist knowledge production and reflects on the potential of Bacchi’s notion of ‘reflexivity’ to overcome them.<p />
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SN  - 1350-5068
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350506809359562
ID  - ref1
ER  -