The second issue of the IGALA blog is out now!
Hello all, I am going to introduce the second issue of our IGALA BLOG! Please note that the call for posts is open now and it will be until 15 February 2016. If you want to send your post, please do email it to me (email:federicaformato.ac@gmail.com or fill the form at the end of this page). The posts have to deal with aspects of language, gender and sexuality but they do not have to be full papers. ISSUE 2: GENDER AND RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SPACE: (MIS)UNDERSTANDINGS AND (UN
Religion, power and public self-representation: the case of Bishop Skelton in Canada
When Pat Storey was elected in 2013 as the first female Anglican bishop in the UK and Ireland, news media the world over took notice. After centuries of gendered hierarchy within the global Anglican Communion, women’s transition into positions of church leadership has been both slow and painful. Likewise, the recognition of same sex marriages has been – and remains – fraught. Yet, some national Anglican churches have embraced both women leaders and same-sex relationships. Ind
The manipulation of the word “gender” in Italy
The difference between sex and gender is commonly accepted in academia (e.g. Eckert & McConnell-Ginet, 2003; Sunderland, 2004); the first refers to the biological sex of the person and the second indicates, broadly speaking, the construction of the individual “self” reflecting cultural and social gender types. However, Italians seem to have a different idea of how to understand gender, as the invention of a so-called “gender theory” shows. I felt myself a bit confused when so
