Doing Gender in Events: Feminist Perspectives in Critical Event Studies

This book explores the relationship between gender and events, using ethnographic analysis to understand the celebration of gender equality in the context of the culture-led event Hull UK City of Culture 2017. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the entangled conceptual entities of gender and events, using a feminist, collaborative methodological approach. It will be a valuable resource for upper-level students and academics in Event Studies, Cultural Policy, Geography, Anthropology, and Gender Studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 114 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Delving into the intricate interplay between gender and events, this book offers an ethnographic exploration of the celebration of gender equality within the framework of a culture-led event. Drawing upon Critical Event Studies, Anthropology of the Festive, and Gender Studies, it provides a comprehensive understanding of the interconnected and conceptual entities of gender and events.

Through a gendered analysis of the culture-led event, Hull UK City of Culture 2017, this work expands epistemological perspectives relevant to the study of events in general and City/Capital of Culture initiatives in particular. Driven by a feminist, collaborative methodological approach, the book draws on four years of ethnographic, qualitative research in the city of Hull and its celebration of the title, UK City of Culture in 2017, providing an in-depth analysis of how audiences engage, performances enact, and infrastructures condition the production of cultures of gender equality in the citywide celebration.

This book will be a valuable resource for upper-level students and academics in the fields of Event Studies, Cultural Policy, Geography, Anthropology, and Gender Studies.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367639761