Call for Chapters: Reframing Women’s Identity: Gender Studies and the Evolving Landscape of Challenges

About the book

As humankind lives its daily life, the notion of ‘identity’ permeates and relates to everything mankind does in existence from the personal beliefs, values and choices a person makes to social and professional roles they perform. However, for women, the development and construction of a self, is often even more complicated because it involves factors such as gender, culture, societal expectations and the rise of globalization. This volume intends to focus on the multifaceted women’s identity context and appreciate the plight of woman in this changing cultural space. As an area of scholarship, gender studies have always stressed the need for understanding the diverse experiences of women beyond traditional constructs of femininity and masculinity. Nevertheless, the processes of self-definition and self-representation for women continue to be conditioned by culture, economy, politics, and history.

This collection of chapters brings together diverse voices and perspectives from scholars, activists, and researchers, delving into the contemporary issues surrounding women’s identity and the myriad of challenges they encounter. Navigating social expectations and the portrayal of women in the media, they also deal with addressing various biases embedded in educational, political, and occupational settings. In such an environment, the author tries to trace the trends, offering various ways of talking about what women do, how and why, and  how it varies as per contexts, and how it is influenced by the prevailing notions of women, their activism, and the internet. Intersectionality, feminist studies, cultural and religious values, employment and workplace issues, and the role of technology and social media will be the prime areas of discussion in this context to have a better perception of the current plight and success of women regarding the quest for power and individuality. It seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis that deserves gender intersectionality, considering the various experiences of women in different cultures, societies and spaces.

In the end, one of the purposes of this book is to incite the readers to consider how concepts of womanhood, identity, and gender are constantly in flux, therefore, opening further discussion up on the issues, changes and prospects of gender studies. It attempts to broaden the scope of inquiry by drawing and analysing from various disciplines as to how women continue to create, respond to and rebuild their identities in the twenty-first century.