Sections of the Journal

 

Editorial

The Editorial is drawn up by those who edit the journal issue, even without a thematic call.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Thematic articles

The thematic articles answer an open call from the editors, so submitting a contribution in this area requires following all guidelines given in the call itself (see Call for papers). The editorial board can decide whether a contribution should be moved to the "Open Section".

Evaluation procedure: double blind peer review.

Section editor: Paola Parolari, Brescia University, Italy

Open Section

Every issue includes an Open Section, accommodating any contributions freely sent to the editors outside the thematic calls.

Evaluation procedure: double blind peer review.

Section editor: Maddalena Cannito, Turin University, Italy

Round Table

The Round Table is a chaired forum about themes related to the central topics of the monographic issues or to relevant current questions. Its purpose is to bring different points of view together to engage in a dialogue and compare a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Section editor: Matteo Botto, Genoa University, Italy

Portraits

Portraits is a space devoted to depicting characters who should be remembered, celebrated, and appreciated for their contribution to gender-related issues, people whose value and work in this field have yet to be recognised consistently.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Section editor: Isabel Fanlo Cortés, Genoa University, Italy; Emanuela Abbatecola, Genoa University, Italy

Incursions

This section sets itself the goal of linking the scientific debate with the public debate “about gender” on themes that—at least in that period—touched, concerned, and involved civil society. The Incursions intend to explore these questions and offer food for thought on the state of the debate, contributions, and reasoning.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Section editor: Barbara Giovanna Bello, University of Tuscia, Italy

Work in Progress

The section ‘Work in Progress’ is devoted to the abstracts of gender-oriented BA Honours, Master’s or PhD dissertations/ theses, independently of their specific topics. Its main objective is to promote students who have developed their degree theses and research projects using theoretical perspectives and approaches related to the construction of gender. The editorial board will only consider those contributions relative to degree or doctoral theses discussed from 2007-8 onwards, including extracts of PhD projects which are still in progress.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Section editor: Silvia Stefani, Genoa University, Italy

Transforma(c)tions

Transforma(c)tions is a section dedicated to the voices of movements, activism, critical expression, and participation; a space for the visibility and the voice of people who, from the margins and non-compliant positions, tell of experiences and practices of resistance. Gender studies owe a lot to the reflections developed within the movements, which, over time, have informed, allowed, supported, and problematised the production of knowledge within the academic and institutional circuits. We desired to make this debt explicit and create a space that promoted and nurtured communication, mutual influence, and contamination between worlds and knowledge, which, despite their differences, appear to be crossed and connected. A value, that of the voice of movements and activism, is also expressed in the peculiarity of styles, codes, and languages used, more or less distant from those adopted by scientific journals, and which we hope will find space in this section. Therefore, we hope that this section will be "inhabited" by different stories, paths, and narratives, both in form and content.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Section editor: Mariella Popolla, Cagliari University, Italy; Davide Filippi, Genoa University, Italy

Annexes

The Annex section is devoted to translating already published articles from other journals, excerpts from books and essays, conference proceedings, bibliographic reviews, interviews and other non-peer-reviewed materials.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Section editor: Laura Scudieri, Genoa University, Italy

Reviews

This journal welcomes reviews of scientific books in the interdisciplinary field of gender studies.

1. If you want to submit a review or if you want to submit your book for review, please first send an email to the section’s coordinators: recensioniaboutgender@gmail.com
2. Reviews have to be from 850 up to 1000 words long. Critical reviews can be up to 2000 words
3. The following information has to be included in the review: author(s) or editor(s) name(s), title, publisher, and year of publication. At the end, please include your name and academic affiliation.
4. While respecting each writer's style, we recommend paying attention to the following items: identify the audience the book is targeting (academic research, students, public opinion, etc.), present and discuss the main arguments of the book, paying attention both to the elements of strength and innovation and to potential lacks or problems.

Evaluation procedure: editorial review (not peer reviewed)

Section editor: Caterina Satta, Cagliari University, Italy; Silvia Stefani, Genoa University, Italy