Gender Differences and Gender Limits. On the Link between Gender, Space, and Narrative

Abstract

The collected volume at hand illuminates the connection between gender, space, and narrative from different perspectives and thus honors its intention of transforming gender into a useful category for analysis within interdisciplinary research. It examines the processes of construction and naturalization of gender in narratological and spatial contexts. In particular, the terms ’space’ and ‘narrative’ conjure up and entangle geographical and literary concepts. The contributions thus continuously move along the borders of the respective disciplines and attempt to go against the grain of their own analytical tools in order to avoid essentialist approaches.