Mapping Gendered Routes and Spaces in the Early Modern World

Taylor & Francis

How did gender figure in the routes and spaces of the early modern world, both real and imagined, from the inner spaces of the body to the furthest reaches of the globe? Essays in this volume address this question from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with topics key to the \u2019spatial turn\u2019, such as borders and their permeability, actual and metaphorical spatial crossings, travel and displacement, and the built environment. > How did gender figure in understandings of spatial realms, from the inner spaces of the body to the furthest reaches of the globe? How did women situate themselves in the early modern world, and how did they move through it, in both real and imaginary locations? How do new disciplinary and geographic connections shape the ways we think about the early modern world, and the role of women and men in it?\nThese are the questions that guide this volume, which includes articles by a select group of scholars from many disciplines: Art History, Comparn