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Drawing from ethnographic research and interviews, the paper interrogates how class grievances against
bourgeois political elites is transforming into ardent support for Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front
party. The paper considers how and why gendered political symbolism answers class grievances. It also
considers how disenchantment with bourgeois party politics has unintentionally merged with decades of feminist
activism and policies intended to increase women’s participation in French political life.
bourgeois political elites is transforming into ardent support for Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front
party. The paper considers how and why gendered political symbolism answers class grievances. It also
considers how disenchantment with bourgeois party politics has unintentionally merged with decades of feminist
activism and policies intended to increase women’s participation in French political life.
