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Great Britain: Main Research Areas in UK Gender Studies

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This text discusses the context in which gender research in the UK has emerged, arguing that it has a rich research infrastructure but in 2017 few actual independent courses and degrees. UK gender research has a series of major preoccupations, loosely grouped together. These are: 1) family, social policy, welfare, work, health; 2) gender and development, postcoloniality, migration, nationhood and sexual politics, globalization; 3) media, representation, literature, film; 4) body, sexuality, queer; 5) feminist science studies, biotechnology, human/animal relations, affect; 6) feminist geography, conflict, security, peace. The rise of right-wing populist nationalism may influence the directions and topics taken up in gender research for the foreseeable future.

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  1. Centre for Gender Research, Universität Uppsala, Uppsala, Schweden

    Gabriele Griffin

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  1. Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Beate Kortendiek

  2. Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

    Birgit Riegraf

  3. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Katja Sabisch

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Griffin, G. (2019). Great Britain: Main Research Areas in UK Gender Studies. In: Kortendiek, B., Riegraf, B., Sabisch, K. (eds) Handbuch Interdisziplinäre Geschlechterforschung. Geschlecht und Gesellschaft, vol 65. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12496-0_151

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