Klappentext The study of borders has recently undergone significant transitions! reflecting the transformation of the world political map as well as the changes in the ways boundaries themselves function. In "Gendering Border Studies" sixteen established scholars from a variety of disciplines examine how the issue of gender and borders has been approached in their field and describe what they expect from future research. This book will be of interest to scholars of border studies! gender studies! social anthropology! international politics! comparative literature! and Welsh studies. Zusammenfassung Gender (defined as the knowledge about perceived distinctions between the sexes) is an important signifier of borders as constructed and contested lines of differences. This book explores this new interdisciplinary field and develops it further.

Autorentext

Dr. Henrice Altink is Lecturer in History at the University of York. Professor Chris Weedon is Chair of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University and Jane Aaron is Professor of English at the University of Glamorgan.

Klappentext

The study of borders has recently undergone significant transitions, reflecting the transformation of the world political map as well as the changes in the ways boundaries themselves function. In "Gendering Border Studies" sixteen established scholars from a variety of disciplines examine how the issue of gender and borders has been approached in their field and describe what they expect from future research. This book will be of interest to scholars of border studies, gender studies, social anthropology, international politics, comparative literature, and Welsh studies.

Zusammenfassung
Gender (defined as the knowledge about perceived distinctions between the sexes) is an important signifier of borders as constructed and contested lines of differences. This book explores this new interdisciplinary field and develops it further.