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Sara R. Farris is a sociologist at
Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by ...
. She is known for coining the term
femonationalism Femonationalism, sometimes known as feminationalism, is the association between a nationalist ideology and some feminist ideas, especially when driven by xenophobic motivations. The term was originally proposed by the researcher Sara R. Farris t ...
, the use of feminist ideas to further
racist Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one Race (human categorization), race or ethnicity over another. It may also me ...
,
xenophobic Xenophobia (from (), 'strange, foreign, or alien', and (), 'fear') is the fear or dislike of anything that is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression that is based on the perception that a conflict exists between an in-gr ...
, and aporophobic positions. Farris co-directs the PhD Program in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths and is the Chair of the Anti-Racism committee.


Works


Books

* Farris, Sara R. (2017). ''In the Name of Women's Rights: The Rise of Femonationalism''. Durham and London: Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822369745
* Farris, Sara R. (2013). ''Max Weber's Theory of Personality: Individuation, Politics and Orientalism in the Sociology of Religion''. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004254091


Academic articles

* Farris, Sara R. (November 20, 2012). "Femonationalism and the "Regular" Army of Labor Called Migrant Women". ''History of the Present''. 2 (2): 184–19

* Farris, Sara R & Marchetti, Sabrina. (June 1, 2017). "From the Commodification to the Corporatization of Care: European Perspectives and Debates". ''Social Politics''. 24 (2): 109–131 – via Oxford University Pres

* Farris, Sara R. (February 2015). "Migrants' Regular Army of Labour: Gender Dimensions of the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Migrant Labor in Western Europe". ''The Sociological Review''. 63 (1): 121–143 – via Sage Publications


News articles

* Farris, Sara R. (December 19, 2022).
Giorgia Meloni Is a Female Face for an Anti-Feminist Agenda
. ''Jacobin''. Retrieved October 22, 2023. * Farris, Sara R. (February 10, 2019).
#MeToo Shows Sexism is not Men of Colour's Prerogative
. ''Al-Jazeera''. Retrieved October 22, 2023.


See also

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Purplewashing Purplewashing is a term used to describe the practice of using feminist or LGBTQ+ issues to mask discriminatory or harmful practices. It involves selectively promoting certain aspects of feminism or LGBTQ+ rights to improve a company's or organ ...
*
Purple capitalism Purple capitalism or feminist capitalism is a term used to describe, from a critical perspective, the incorporation of some principles of the feminist movement into capitalism and the market economy. Critiques are based, on the one hand, on the ...
*
Homonationalism Homonationalism is the selective acceptance of LGBTQ+ people in order to promote a nationalist ideology. It describes a phenomenon in which some nations strategically show increased support for LGBTQ+ rights as a means of reinforcing racial, r ...
* Jasbir Puar * Interest convergence


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farris, Sara Living people British feminists British sociologists British women academics Sapienza University of Rome alumni Year of birth missing (living people) British anti-racism activists