DOI: 10.5507/ff.25.24465821.01

Mapping Society onto the (Gendered) Body: An Introduction

Giorgio Strafella (A.), Halina Zawiszová (A.), Martin Lavička (A.)


This chapter introduces the topics and issues addressed in this volume. It shows how the chapters weave together the themes of gender, identity, and the corporeal by examining a variety of lived experiences and cultural expressions in India, Indonesia, Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, and Thailand in historical contexts ranging from antiquity until today. It also highlights the contribution of this volume to wider debates on issues such as the performance and construction of gender identities, misogyny and homophobia, biopolitics, and feminist and LGBTQ+ activism and also how they relate to recent studies and collections on these subjects.

pages: 15-25



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