Gendered Citizenship and the Politics of Representation - Paperback

by Hilde Danielsen (Editor), Brita Ytre-Arne (Author), Kari Jegerstedt (Editor)

This book sheds new light on gender-based inequalities in a globalized world. Interdisciplinary in scope, it reveals new avenues of research on gendered citizenship, analysing the possibilities and pitfalls of being represented and of representing someone. Drawing on contexts both historical and contemporary, it queries what it means to have access to representation, which power structures regulate and produce representation, and who counts as a citizen. Situating its arguments in the global struggle for hegemony, it answers such thought-provoking questions as whether one can represent someone or be represented without recourse to citizenship and, conversely, whether it is possible to be a citizen if one does not have access to representation. This engaging edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, history, media studies, political science, literature, gender studies and cultural studies.

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This book sheds new light on gender-based inequalities in a globalized world. Interdisciplinary in scope, it reveals new avenues of research on gendered citizenship, analysing the possibilities and pitfalls of being represented and of representing someone. Drawing on contexts both historical and contemporary, it queries what it means to have access to representation, which power structures regulate and produce representation, and who counts as a citizen. Situating its arguments in the global struggle for hegemony, it answers such thought-provoking questions as whether one can represent someone or be represented without recourse to citizenship and, conversely, whether it is possible to be a citizen if one does not have access to representation. This engaging edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, history, media studies, political science, literature, gender studies and cultural studies.

Author Biography

Hilde Danielsen is Research Professor in Cultural Studies at the Uni Research Rokkan Centre in Bergen, Norway.
Kari Jegerstedt is Associate Professor in Gender Studies in the Humanities at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Ragnhild Muriaas is Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Brita Ytre-Arne is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway.