The female face of the right: Case study of the Serbian movement Dveri

Abstract

The end of the 20th century was marked by the change in epochal consciousness which also implied the change in understanding of political options of the left and right spectrum. In the context of modern Serbian society, which was built on the heritage of civil wars as well as capitalist transformation, right-wing extremism became a legitimate political option. The aim of this paper is to analyze the woman's place narrative from the perspective of the Serbian movement Dveri, the only parliamentary right-wing political party which dedicated a significant part of its political agenda to the woman question. With the analysis of a woman's place narrative, I will try to point out how the rhetoric of right-wing political parties co-opts feminist politics with a goal to attract as many potential voters as possible, while transforming the traditional Right into Right with female face.

Kraj dvadesetog veka obeležila je promena epohalne svesti koja je, između ostalog, podrazumevala i promenu shvatanja političkih opcija levog i desnog spektra. U kontekstu savremenog srpskog društva koje je formirano na nasleđu građanskih ratova podjednako kao i na kapitalističkoj transformaciji, desni ekstremizam postaje legitimna politička opcija. Cilj ovog rada je da istraži narativ o mestu žene iz perspektive Srpskog pokreta Dveri, jedine parlamentarne desne stranke koja je značajan deo svoje političke agende posvetila ženskom pitanju. Analizom narativa o mestu žene pokušaću da ukažem na to kako se retorika desnih političkih partija menja, kooptirajući feminističke politike u cilju privlačenja što većeg broja potencijalnih glasača, pri čemu tradicionalno shvaćena desnica postaje desnica sa ženskim licem.