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For the complete call, submission requirements and further information, please visit the official Taylor & Francis page.Ā
CALL FOR PAPERSĀ
The Journal of Gender Studies is inviting submissions for a special issue exploring the relationships between body, gender,Ā intimacyĀ and urban spaces.Ā
The special issue invites critical engagement with how intimacy is experienced, negotiated and shaped within cities and urban environments.Ā
Abstract deadline: 28 September 2026Ā
Cities are not only spaces of infrastructure,Ā movementĀ and public life; they are also spaces where bodies, identities,Ā relationshipsĀ and forms of intimacy are experienced and negotiated.Ā
This special issue of theĀ Journal of Gender StudiesĀ explores the politics of intimacy in urban spaces, with particular attention to the intersections of body,Ā genderĀ and the city.Ā
The call invites contributions that critically examine how urban environments shape experiences of intimacy, belonging, identity, safety,Ā exclusionĀ and connection.Ā
Projects may include:Ā
Negotiating bodily proximity and boundaries in transport, parks, workplaces and clinics.
Gender and surveillance in the city.
The public/private intimacy divide in the city.
Unwanted touch and everyday negotiations of safety.
Queer and trans intimacies.
Dating apps, social media and digital-urban intimacies.
Migrant bodies and displacement in the city.
Domesticity and intimacy within private spaces.
Pleasure, desire and the body in urban spaces.
Caste, class, race and sexuality in the city.
Key Date
28 September 2026Ā
Interested authors are requested to submit an abstract of 250-300 words and a short biographical note (up to 100 words) for this Special Issue. Abstracts should clearly demonstrate how the proposed paper contributes to the understanding of intimacy and urban spaces in relation to gender studies, cultural studies, and related fields.
Contact Information:
For any enquiries, please contact the (any/all) guest editors at:Ā chakrabortydebadrita19@gmail.com,Ā s.chakraborty090296@gmail.com, andĀ asaha2@gitam.edu
For the complete call, submission requirements and further information, please visit the official Taylor & Francis page.Ā