The issue presented, already well into the 21st century, aims to reflect this multiplicity of perspectives on a matter so relevant to establishing the links between language, identity, and power. To this end, these pages gather eight scholarly articles that address the topic from different approaches and employ various methodological tools, such as lexical availability, the application of acceptability questionnaires, the analysis of manuals, or the study of diverse speech corpora, both oral and written. The collection is completed with a conversation with sociolinguist María Ángeles Calero Fernández, one of the most recognized specialists in the study of the relationship between language and gender.

A “marginal protagonism” or a “protagonistic marginality”—such is the oxymoron that best defines the role played by the subject of this special issue: the maid. A central yet subordinate figure throughout literary history, the maid—historically defined as the waged woman responsible for domestic and familial order—has a deep-rooted cultural tradition that has left a significant mark on various artistic expressions, especially literature, from the 19th century to the present. Iconic characters such as Elicia, Areúsa, and Lucrecia, the maids in La Celestina, as well as the many servant women who populate the picaresque epic, Golden Age theatre, and Cervantine narrative, are emblematic examples of how she (or they) has been portrayed, reimagined, and reinterpreted throughout the centuries. 

Tourism has been promoted as a driver of development, generating employment, cultural integration, and local economic expansion. However, beneath this façade of progress, structures persist that reproduce and deepen historical and contemporary inequalities. Gender disparities stand out as one of the main challenges facing this globalized industry. This monograph, Feminist Analyses of Tourism: Reflections from the Global South, aims to examine these dynamics from a critical, feminist, and intersectional perspective. With a focus situated in the Global South, the works gathered here question the ways tourism affects women and also highlight their creative responses, struggles of resistance, and the possibilities for transformation that emerge from some of the affected communities.

This monograph seeks to highlight works that approach those other corporealities—those that move away from hegemonic narratives and occupy the margins to create new paradigms of representation. The contributions address, from an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective, how gender and the social boundaries and constructions that sustain it have shaped the development of identities and bodies throughout history. From theoretical proposals examining bodily representations in contemporary Spanish literature to studies delving into dissident corporealities in fields such as music or specific historiographical contexts, it presents a diverse selection that explores the academic possibilities of this field through the lens of multidisciplinarity.

The proposal of this monograph adopts a radical approach. Re-signified social innovation can be part of the solution for advancing gender equality in our societies. The goal is to generate progress that is unavoidable in the need to implement a transformative culture that goes beyond the mere completion of various actions that may seem disconnected. The triad of social innovation, intersectionality, and a gender approach is poised to become the accelerator of a transformation that enables the achievement of the different Sustainable Development Goals, rooted in a culture of radical collaboration and grounded in the deepest values of social justice, human rights, and future partnerships.

This miscellaneous issue is composed of six articles and two book reviews. The articles address topics such as critical readings of the Lacanian interpretation of Antigone, the regulation of prostitution in Ireland and Spain, the experiences of female guerrillas in Guatemala and El Salvador, informal education and cultural heritage in Mexico's "magic towns," the diversity of representations of Snow White in animated films, and the teaching of the feminist voices of Plath and Woolf in secondary and high school education. Each text combines a historical, cultural, and educational approach, highlighting power and possibilities for social change. The reviews include Decolonial Feminism and Femenino Singular, which provide reflections on decolonial feminism and the contemporary Ibero-American literary canon, fostering reflection and debates on feminist theory and practice.

In recent decades, the development and use of information and communication technologies have permeated societies, becoming integrated into all aspects of life. The industry is undergoing continuous transformation in favor of technological skills. This monograph aims to trigger an interdisciplinary debate on these and other issues related to women and technology, including analyses and proposals from different perspectives (policy, technology, education, critical issues, trends, conceptual and empirical research, best practices, experiences, strategies, etc.). Specifically, the monograph consists of eight contributions that address technology and gender from various perspectives, adopting a multicultural approach through works developed in different countries and regions.

This miscellaneous issue is composed of ten articles and two book reviews. The articles address topics such as the figure of Glorvina Fort in Tangier, the (in)visibility of women in didactic texts of classical Judaism, the position of Constanza de Acuña y Avellaneda as an heiress in sixteenth-century Spain, antifeminism in emerging contrasexualities, the role of the music-hall actress in the Victorian public sphere, a reading of the zarzuela La isla de San Balandrán through the lens of a matriarchal society, ethnographic studies on collective care and the experiences of women in social programs, discourses on poverty voiced by women, the incorporation of Canarian women into physical activity as reflected in the Canarian press, and an article on Beloved / Amada Morrison. Finally, the reviews cover Incómodas and Arte, literatura y feminismos.

This monograph offers a plural approach to dissident “writings of the self,” as studies on Spanish and Latin American texts focused on (homo)eroticism and sex-gender dissidence remain scarce. The title suggests that these texts des/generate the first person, shaping it outside established norms while simultaneously making it possible and visible. Recognizing the importance of voices emerging from “otherness,” the monograph brings together academic articles that analyze works and trajectories across diverse temporalities, spatialities, and cultural traditions, alongside the section “Traces and Fragments,” which includes (auto)biographical testimonies, essays, and literary creations that contribute to the ongoing reconstruction of LGTBIQ+ memory archives.

This monographic issue analyzes the social transformations that characterize the contemporary world. It highlights how economic, cultural, and political changes affect the organization of communities and people’s everyday lives. Emerging social processes—such as human mobility, labor precariousness, and the expansion of tourism—are examined, emphasizing their effects on territories and community dynamics. The volume includes works focused on cultural representations and the construction of identities, analyzing the role of media, educational, and artistic discourses in shaping subjectivities and reproducing social stereotypes. It also incorporates contributions that address these issues from gender perspectives, making structural inequalities visible and offering critical interpretations of social relations.

This monograph focuses on contemporary female dramaturgy in Spain, highlighting the writing and performance of authors born between the 1940s and 1990s. It brings together critical analyses of works and careers from different generations, examining the relationship between publication and stage premieres, as well as the visibility of female playwrights in programs, collections, and repositories such as the Laboratorio Rivas Cherif, the Centro Dramático Nacional, and the Teatroteca. It also includes reflections on the consolidation of the female playwright’s role in the twenty-first century, the interaction between veteran and emerging authors, and the need for critical and academic debate to promote the reading, production, and staging of their works, highlighting the aesthetic and ideological richness of contemporary female theatrical creation.

The purpose of this monograph, titled Women and Religions: Challenges for Contemporary Feminism, is to encourage reflection on the relationship between women and religions from new perspectives. Its aim is to present some of the most recent, innovative, and even challenging interpretive approaches to this subject, which may question our seemingly solid convictions. This monograph seeks to achieve one of the fundamental goals of the project: to introduce Spanish-speaking audiences to the work of some of the most prominent scholars studying the relationship between women and religion, and, in doing so, to engage them with the discussions and challenges these academics currently pose to Western society and feminism in particular.

The works that make up this monograph are situated in each of the research areas mentioned: the concealment of women’s authorship in science and the various ways in which this has been perpetrated, the critical study of science and technology, and epistemological analysis. These works originate from the Symposium of the same name held at the Ibero-American Congress of Philosophy of Science and Technology, which took place at the University of La Laguna in September 2005. Additional contributions by specialists who did not participate in that Symposium have also been included. The decision to compile these materials as a monograph stems from the aim of offering an overview of studies on science, technology, and gender in the Spanish-speaking academic sphere.