Gender and Authority across Disciplines, Space and Time

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
 Introduction: Gender and Authority  (Adele Bardazzi, Alberica Bazzoni)....Pages 1-13
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
 Language and the Problem of Women’s Authority  (Deborah Cameron)....Pages 17-33
 Negotiating Authority Through Feminism: Girls’ Political Experience in Italian Social Movements  (Arianna Mainardi, Carlotta Cossutta)....Pages 35-57
 Kenyan Political Autobiographies: Reviving Generational Power and Masculine Authority  (Anaïs Angelo)....Pages 59-81
 #MeToo, but First: The Question of Analytic Priority in Identity Politics  (Antonette Talaue-Arogo)....Pages 83-103
 “Exemplary” Lesbians: The Struggle for Adequate Representation  (Charlotte Ross)....Pages 105-128
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 The Bio-medicalization of Intersex Variations Between Medical and Parental Authority  (Michela Balocchi, Ino Kehrer)....Pages 131-149
 “The Law Believes the Words of Women More Than the Words of Men”: Gendered Experiences of Divorce in Ben Ali’s Tunisia  (Sarah Grosso)....Pages 151-169
 What Does the Shastra Have to Say? The Age of Consent Bill Controversy and the Reimagination of Hinduism in Modern Western India  (Alok Oak)....Pages 171-194
 Female Religious Authority in Muslim Majority Contexts: Past Examples and Modern State-Initiatives  (Roja Fazaeli)....Pages 195-219
 Lived Religion and Female Informal Authority in a Neighborhood in Stuttgart, Germany  (Petra Kuppinger)....Pages 221-239
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 The Politics of Reproduction: Abortion and Authority in Soviet Cinema  (Serian Carlyle, Rachel Morley)....Pages 243-270
 Female Genital Mutilation: Authority, Fact and Fiction  (Tobe Levin von Gleichen)....Pages 271-290
 The Authority of Pornography  (F. Vera-Gray)....Pages 291-312
 Reconfiguring the Template: Representations of Powerful Women in Historical Fiction—The Case of Anna Komnene  (Ioulia Kolovou)....Pages 313-330
 Staging Female Creatives in French Caribbean Women’s Theatre  (Vanessa Lee)....Pages 331-348
Back Matter ....Pages 349-365