From burning Judith Butler to Gilead: Michelle Bolsonaro’s anti-feminist and anti-gender discourse
Journal of Media and Rights
| Field | Value | |
| Title | From burning Judith Butler to Gilead: Michelle Bolsonaro’s anti-feminist and anti-gender discourse | |
| Creator | Costin Fuser, Marina | |
| Description | As former president Jair Bolsonaro was declared ineligible to stand again, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, has become the far right’s new possible candidate to run in Brazil’s future presidential elections. In a speech at an event called by Jair Bolsonaro in February 2024, the former first lady gave a religiously motivated speech arguing for an end of the secular State. This article argues that the rapid, but not sudden, rise of evangelical fundamentalism becomes a barrier to the development of a democratic state. The discussion draws an analogy with Margaret Atwood’s dystopia in The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) of a totalitarian state governed by religious fundamentalism, which seems to take Bolsonaro’s speech to the last level. The analysis is augmented by Judith Butler’s most recent book: Who is afraid of gender (2024), highlighting some fundamental points around gender, feminism and democracy in light of Michelle Bolsonaro’s recent political speech.Contribution: The analysis in this article highlights some fundamental points around gender, feminism and democracy in light of Michelle Bolsonaro’s recent political speech. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2024-11-29 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jmr.v2i1.11 | |
| Source | Journal of Media and Rights; Vol 2, No 1 (2024); 10 pages 3005-2130 | |
| Language | eng | |
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