gendering place and affect: attachment, disruption and belonging

Drawing on affect theory and the key themes of attachment, disruption and belonging, this book examines the ways in which our placed surroundings - whether urban design, border management or organisations - shape and form experiences of gender.

Bringing together key debates across the fields of sociology, geography and organisation studies, the book sets out new theoretical ground to examine and consolidate shared experiences of what it means to be in or out of place.

Contributors explore how our gendered selves encounter place, and critically examine the way in which experiences of gender shape meanings and attachments, as well as how place produces gendered modes of identity, inclusion and belonging. Emphasizing the intertwined dynamics of affect and being affected, the book examines the gendering of place and the placing of gender.

Alex Simpson is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Australia. Ruth Simpson is Emeritus Professor of Management at Brunel University, UK. Darren Baker is an Assistant Professor of Business and Society at University College Dublin, Ireland.