God, homeland, family : “Traditional family” as the antithesis of gender in Hungary
Gergely, Ágnes (2024)
2024
Yhteiskuntatutkimuksen maisteriohjelma - Master's Programme in Social Sciences
Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Social Sciences
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2024-02-15
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202401231752
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202401231752
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Gender as a social construct and a scientific concept has become a central notion in public discourse, in the academia and in right-wing politics as well. Through the right-wing political discourse about gender, the so-called “traditional family” stands as a main opposer of a claimed “gender ideology” and as the last pillar of “normal” society. This above-mentioned phenomenon can be identified globally, mostly in right-wing populist political discourses, where the term gender works as a floating signifier, while the term “traditional family” functions as a guarantee of normality and sanity.
This thesis first aims to focus on the construction of the “traditional family” and its role in the right-wing gender discourse of Hungary, specifically in the interviews given by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán. Secondly, it focuses on who are constructed as the “others”, enemies present in the given discourse, analyzing how these enemies are framed and gendered. This thesis analyzes interviews with the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán between 2014 and 2022, his 3rd and 4th governmental period. The data includes 53 interviews and were analyzed with the methodological toolkit of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis.
The results indicate that the notion of “gender” and “traditional family” are used together in the analyzed discourse, both of concepts serves the purpose of reinforcing certain kind of ideology related to gender. Moreover, the analyzed data demonstrates, that several types of “enemies” could be identified as the opposers of “traditional family”, such as “gender”, “LGBTQ”, and “immigration”.
This thesis first aims to focus on the construction of the “traditional family” and its role in the right-wing gender discourse of Hungary, specifically in the interviews given by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán. Secondly, it focuses on who are constructed as the “others”, enemies present in the given discourse, analyzing how these enemies are framed and gendered. This thesis analyzes interviews with the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán between 2014 and 2022, his 3rd and 4th governmental period. The data includes 53 interviews and were analyzed with the methodological toolkit of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis.
The results indicate that the notion of “gender” and “traditional family” are used together in the analyzed discourse, both of concepts serves the purpose of reinforcing certain kind of ideology related to gender. Moreover, the analyzed data demonstrates, that several types of “enemies” could be identified as the opposers of “traditional family”, such as “gender”, “LGBTQ”, and “immigration”.