AG About Gender - International Journal of Gender Studies

About the Journal

About Gender is an international, open-access, and peer-reviewed journal that welcomes contributions from all disciplines that use a conscious and articulate gender perspective in theoretical and empirical analysis.

The journal has a semi-annual issue and publishes original articles in English, Italian, and Spanish, with a theoretical and empirical focus.

Current Issue

Vol. 13 No. 26 (2024): Sex, Work and Rights: Contested Meanings, Epistemological Stigmatization and Transformative Knowledge on Sex Work in a Globalised Europe

Published: 2024-12-23

AG About Gender - International Journal of Gender Studies

About the Journal

Current Issue

Editorial

Sex, Work and Rights: Contested Meanings, Epistemological Stigmatization and Transformative Knowledge on Sex Work in a Globalised Europe

Thematic Articles

“Look, we actually do have a brain!” Sex Workers Challenging the Psychomedicalisation of Commercial Sex

Damaged Bodies: Sex Work, HIV, and Grassroots Organizing in Italy (1982-1987)

The Intersectional Racialisation of Migrant Sex Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand

Chinese Female Sex Workers in Paris: Fighting Precarity through Negotiated Interdependence

Meaning Consent within Independent Sex Work in Italy

“I’ve just schooled you, so you can’t shame me.” Stigma, Discrimination, and Healthcare Access among Sex Workers in Scotland, the Republic of Ireland, and Aotearoa/New Zealand

The Challenge of Rethinking Social Work with Sex Workers in Italy: A Participatory Research Experience with the Capability Approach

Excluding Online Sex Work in a Neo-Abolitionist State. Prostitution According to the French Cour de Cassation

Does the Broad Criminalization of Procuring in France Pose a Problem? A Study of Enforcement by Police and Magistrates

Open Section

Producing and Translating Young Adult Books with Queer Protagonists in Times of Culture Wars

Per una decolonizzazione di genere delle migrazioni

Professional Paths and Occupational Segregation by Gender in the Healthcare Sector: A Qualitative Study on Medical Residents and Nursing Students

The Role of Translation in Women Athletes’ Narratives in Sport News

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gynecological Health: An Exploratory Study on the Experiences and Needs of LGBT+ Individuals in Italy

The Experience of Transgender People in the Italian Healthcare Context: A Qualitative Study

Portraits

Bianca Beccalli (1938-2024) Tra sociologia, femminismo e impegno per il cambiamento sociale

Mary Jo Deegan (1946-2024) Sociologa femminista, pragmatista, interazionista

Transforma(c)tions

Resistere! Resistere! Esistere! La risposta della rete GIFTS ai nuovi attacchi alla libertà di ricerca e di insegnamento

Reviews

Gazzolo, Tommaso (2023), Identità di genere. Una critica del diritto a essere sé stessi, Milano, Meltemi editore, 284 pp.

Corbisiero, Fabio e Nocenzi, Mariella (a cura di) (2022), Patricia Hill Collins, Intersezionalità come teoria critica della società, Milano, UTET, 429 pp.

Casadei, Thomas e Milazzo, Lorenzo (a cura di) (2021), Un dialogo su Olympe de Gouges. Donne, schiavitù, cittadinanza, Pisa, ETS, 231 pp.

Gazzetta, Liviana (a cura di) (2023), Il partito delle donne. Storia e voci dell’Unione politico-nazionale fra le donne d’Italia (1918-1923), Roma, Tab Edizioni, 188 pp.

Harmange, Pauline (2023), Aborto. Il personale è politico, Milano-Udine, Mimesis, 128 pp.

Harvey, Alison (2023), Studi Femministi sui media. Il campo e le pratiche, Roma, Meltemi, 327 pp.

Timeto, Federica (2024), Animali si diventa. Femminismi e liberazione animale, Napoli, Tamu, 210 pp.

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