Jana Husmann – författare

This anthology addresses the topic of fundamentalism and gender from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives. By referring to three major themes--Literalism, Religion, and Science, Nation, State, and Community, and Body, Life, and Biopolitics--the book focuses on the analytical diversification of the term fundamentalism and on intersections between religion, gender, sexuality, race, and nation. International scholars in cultural history and theory, religious studies, Christian theologies, Islamic studies, history, social sciences, anthropology, comparative literature, and women and gender studies examine the historical and current specifics of religious as well as of secular forms of fundamentalism. They also take a critical look at the Western discourse about religious fundamentalism and the ambivalent role feminism plays in this context, considering questions such as, Why do all religious fundamentalisms claim normalizing definitions of sexuality, gender roles, and intergender relations? In what way do gender and sexual politics play a role in secular criticism of religious fundamentalism? And how are forms of secular fundamentalism characterized by gender constructs and sexual politics?

Critical Whiteness Studies sind in angloamerikanischen Diskussionen zu Rassismus seit den 1980er Jahren etabliert. Dabei geht es nicht um den «rassisch» markierten «Anderen», sondern um kritische Reflexion zum weißen Subjekt rassistischer Praxis. Die «Übersetzung» dieser Denkfigur auf deutsche/europäische Verhältnisse ist noch in den Anfängen. Die Anthologie Weiß – Weißsein – Whiteness stellt aktuelle Forschungsarbeiten zu Interdependenzen von «Rasse» und Gender dar, in denen Weißsein eine zentrale Bezugsgröße ist. Die Autorinnen arbeiten zu deutschen sowie zu internationalen Kontexten, wobei sie Weißsein aus unterschiedlichen disziplinären und transdisziplinären Perspektiven verhandeln.Critical Whiteness Studies have been established in the English speaking academic world as early as the 1980s. Instead of focusing on the racialized Other Critical Whiteness Studies reflect upon the racializing practices of the white subject. The ‘translation’ of this figure of thought into the German/European context is just beginning. The anthology Weiß – Weißsein – Whiteness presents recent research on the relevance of Whiteness at the intersection of race and gender. The authors work within the German context as well as in international contexts and they deal with the subject of Whiteness from different disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary perspectives.