Borders of Desire - Gender and Sexuality At the Eastern Borders of Europe

Borders of Desire is a collection of studies from the eastern borders of Europe, particularly the Baltics and the Balkans, that take a novel approach to borders and the work they do. Instead of viewing borders only as obstructions to the fulfillment of desire, this book shows how borders produce desire, particularly gendered and sexualized desire.

About the author

Elissa Helms is Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Vienna

Tuija Pulkkinen is Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki

Summary

Borders of Desire is a collection of studies from the eastern borders of Europe, particularly the Baltics and the Balkans, that take a novel approach to borders and the work they do. Instead of viewing borders only as obstructions to the fulfillment of desire, this book shows how borders produce desire, particularly gendered and sexualized desire. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Elissa Pulkkinen Helms
• Assisted by: Elissa Helms (Editor), Helms Elissa (Editor), Tuija Pulkkinen (Editor), Pulkkinen Tuija (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781526165213
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6521-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Rethinking Borders
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social issues & processes, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies, gender groups, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Sexual Behaviour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality