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Book of the Month is a monthly initiative organised by the Library, with the support of the Communications Office, which aims to publicise the latest academic work by Iscte’s lecturers and researchers. Authors are invited to take part in a short video presenting their work, which is filmed on the Iscte campus and published on the Library’s and Iscte’s Facebook and YouTube channels.
For one month, the book is displayed on the first floor of the Library for consultation by the Iscte community and other users, accompanied by a leaflet containing a biographical and bibliographical note on the author or presenter of the work.
The books featured in the Book of the Month initiative form part of the Library’s collection and can be borrowed.
Livro do mês - junho 2026
As part of its ‘Book of the Month’ initiative, the library is highlighting the book *Gender Fields: The Social Organisation of Gender Identity*, by Sofia Aboim and Pedro Vasconcelos, in June.
This book offers a sociological analysis of the social organisation of gender identity based on field theory. Engaging in a critical dialogue with Pierre Bourdieu, the work conceptualises gender as a relatively autonomous space of social, political, legal, medical and symbolic struggles, within which the legitimate criteria for recognition, naming and self-determination are contested.
Drawing on multi-sited empirical research conducted between 2015 and 2020 with trans people, activists and healthcare professionals, the book places the trans experience at the centre of the contemporary transformation of gender norms, regimes of recognition and the boundaries of personal freedom.
Video presentation of the book.
The book is on display on the first floor of the Library for consultation throughout October, accompanied by a leaflet containing biographical and bibliographical information about the authors.
