Introduction. Gender from the Margins of China
National geographies and gender norms both rely upon neatly drawn boundaries, state-sanctioned behaviours, and socially constructed identities that seek to tell us who we are. They are both constructed through the creation of normative centres and peripheries, with clearly demarcated and heavily po...
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| Samenvatting: | National geographies and gender norms both rely upon neatly drawn boundaries, state-sanctioned behaviours, and socially constructed identities that seek to tell us who we are. They are both constructed through the creation of normative centres and peripheries, with clearly demarcated and heavily policed borders. But if the border is a line, the frontier is an area, a liminal space where people do exist on their own terms. Its inhabitants live in constant awareness of their relative marginali... |
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