Negotiating gendered transnationalism and nationalism in post-socialist Latvia |
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Authors: | Mara Lazda |
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Affiliation: | Department of History, Bronx Community College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | This article examines how gender equality activists in post-socialist Latvia negotiate national and transnational frameworks in their campaigns. The case study for this analysis is the 15-year evolution of one gender equality non-governmental organization (NGO), the Resource Center for Women, Marta, in Riga. RCW Marta’s work has resulted in significant steps in policy reform and broader social awareness regarding questions of gender equality. In doing so, it bridges essentialist, patriarchal conceptions of the Latvian nation-state and a transnational European feminist narrative. The experience of RCW Marta affirms the continued relevance of the nation, though a redefined one, within transnationalism, which in turn contributes to a rethinking of post-socialism as a spatial and analytic category. |
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Keywords: | nationalism transnationalism NGOs gender democratization post-socialism Latvia |
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