Introduction to “Displacement”.

This piece introduces the rationale for the special issue and highlights some of its key features. The authors have identified four broad themes in this issue, including displacement and gendered labor, displacement in art and literature, displacement embodied, and methods and theories to explore di...

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Published in:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 503 - 515
Main Authors: Horn, Denise M., Parekh, Serena
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Spring2018
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Summary:This piece introduces the rationale for the special issue and highlights some of its key features. The authors have identified four broad themes in this issue, including displacement and gendered labor, displacement in art and literature, displacement embodied, and methods and theories to explore displacement. While recognizing that displacement has always been part of the human experience, these articles explore the gendered aspect of displacement as an emerging body of literature.