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TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting Formations of Class and Gender, 25 years on
T2 - A conversation with Beverley Skeggs
AU - Lewis, Chantelle
AU - Benson, Michaela
AU - Skeggs, Beverley
PY - 2025/3/31
Y1 - 2025/3/31
N2 - This interview, sees Chantelle Lewis and Michaela Benson in conversation with Bev Skeggs as she reflects on her landmark book Formations of Class and Gender (1997). Twenty-five years on from its publication, we speak about the women and the empirical research at the heart of book; its central arguments, contributions to a range of fields, and its location in the longer trajectory of Bev’s intellectual project; the importance of listening as a route to developing sociological analysis; reflect on the value of bringing together approaches from cultural studies and sociology with dialogue between scholars; discuss ongoing debates among feminists; and consider the book’s continuing legacy for new generations of scholars, in a range of fields around the world in the current conjuncture.
AB - This interview, sees Chantelle Lewis and Michaela Benson in conversation with Bev Skeggs as she reflects on her landmark book Formations of Class and Gender (1997). Twenty-five years on from its publication, we speak about the women and the empirical research at the heart of book; its central arguments, contributions to a range of fields, and its location in the longer trajectory of Bev’s intellectual project; the importance of listening as a route to developing sociological analysis; reflect on the value of bringing together approaches from cultural studies and sociology with dialogue between scholars; discuss ongoing debates among feminists; and consider the book’s continuing legacy for new generations of scholars, in a range of fields around the world in the current conjuncture.
U2 - 10.1177/00380261241310010
DO - 10.1177/00380261241310010
M3 - Journal article
VL - 73
SP - 275
EP - 295
JO - The Sociological Review
JF - The Sociological Review
SN - 0038-0261
IS - 2
ER -