Tag Archives: Gender studies

Gender in a Global / Local World

Posted by Kirstin Howgate, Publisher, Politics

You may have already seen many of the titles we have in our Gender in a Global / Local World series because we’ve 19 books published.  Established in early 2000, this series features monographs and collections which explore gendered tensions in a ‘global/local world’.

“…rapidly becoming a publication venue of choice for feminist work in international relations.”  Politics and Gender

Celebrating 10 years since our first book was published, 2013 will see a flurry of exciting new titles from the evolving interaction between bodies and states, understanding the meaning of (im)mobility in people’s lives, how the theories and practices of mainstream International Relations (IR) can silence the experiences of wartime sexual violence and in-depth analysis of the multifaceted manifestations of gender and conflict.

To add these key books to your collection or to be part of the series, see the series webpage for more details and to sign up to our Email newsletter to receive notification of new publications, events and special offers.

  

The series editors for Gender in a Global / Local World are Professor Jane Parpart, Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA; Associate Professor Pauline Gardiner Barber, Dalhousie University, Canada and Professor Marianne Marchand, Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Mexico.

Women and Celebrity in Victorian England

A little something for International Women’s Day!

Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England

The power of celebrity – and specifically its effects on women – was as much of a phenomenon in Victorian times as it is today. Colleen Denney’s book Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England examines the images and lives of four prominent Victorian women who steered their way through scandal to forge unique identities.

The book shows the effect of celebrity, and even notoriety, on the lives of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Dilke, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, and Sarah Grand.

For these women, their portraits were more than speaking likenesses-whether painted or photographic, they became crucial tools the women used to negotiate their controversial identities.

Read the book’s introductory chapter