The Routledge Companion to Gender and Affect

The study of affect is a growing field with significant implications for the study of gender. This comprehensive handbook explores the intersections between gender, sexuality, and affect in a global and interdisciplinary context, with over 40 chapters covering topics such as queerness, trans*, feminism, masculinity, race/ethnicity, disability, animality, media, posthumanism, technology, sound, labor, neoliberalism, protest, and temporality.

Format: Hardback
Length: 510 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The study of affect, a captivating and expansive field that has gained significant attention in the humanities and social sciences in recent years, remains a subject of ongoing research and lively debate. Its significance extends particularly to the study of gender, as this remarkable handbook vividly illustrates. Serving as the most comprehensive volume to date, it delves into the intricate intersections between gender, sexuality, and affect, exploring the complex relationships and disconnections that exist across various geographical and historical contexts. Comprising over 40 chapters, the Companion is organized into six distinct parts: Affects of Gender, Affective Relations, Relational Affects, Affective Practices, Representing Affects, and Geographical and Spatial Affects. These chapters cover a wide range of topics, including the intersections between gender and affect in the realms of queerness, trans*, feminism, masculinity, race/ethnicity, disability, animality, media, posthumanism, technology, sound, labor, neoliberalism, protest, and temporality.

This exceptional collection holds immense value for scholars and students across a diverse array of disciplines, including gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, literature, media, and sociology. In particular, Chapter 18 of this book is offered freely as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Weight: 1140g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367492014