Abstract
This introduction takes as its point of departure, three vignettes, each accounting for a particular contemporary articulation of the relations between nation/alism, gender, and sexuality. While inevitably selective, these vignettes nevertheless offer instructive insight into some key contours of the contemporary nationalist landscape. Following a mapping and exploration of these gendered and sexualized contours, the introduction goes on to account for the aims and scope of the text, offering a detailed synopsis of the book’s content and contribution, as it unfolds. The introduction concludes with a proposed research agenda for further explorations of the complex, shifting, yet always “productive” intersections between nation/alism, gender, and sexuality.
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Tommy Robinson is an ex-Luton Town football hooligan and founder of the violent anti-Islamist street protest movement, the English Defence League.
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Named speakers included: Anne Marie Waters , UKIP Leader Candidate founder of Sharia Watch UK and ex-leader of the anti-Islam Pegida UK; Paul Weston and Jack Buckby, previously members of the British National Party and now leaders of the Alt-Right organization Liberty GB ; Annie Greek , founder of British and Immigrants United Against Terrorism; and Lucy Brown and Caolan Robertson of The Rebel Media.
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The carabinieri is one of Italy’s oldest military forces, charged with police duties under the authority of both the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of the Interior (with public order functions).
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Mulholland, J., Sanders-McDonagh, E., Montagna, N. (2018). Introduction. In: Mulholland, J., Montagna, N., Sanders-McDonagh, E. (eds) Gendering Nationalism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76699-7_1
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