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Gender stories : negotiating identity in a binary world
- Title
- Gender stories : negotiating identity in a binary world / Sonja K. Foss, Mary E. Domenico, Karen A. Foss.
- Author
- Foss, Sonja K.
- Publication
- Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-6472 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- vii, 264 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Essential for anyone who seeks to understand the contemporary gender landscape, Gender Stories defines gender as the socially constructed meanings that are assigned to bodies. The book helps readers navigate issues of gender by introducing them to the ubiquitous gender binary, the problems with much of the research on gender differences, and the variety of gender stories in popular culture. At the heart of the book is a description of the process of becoming a gendered person through crafting and performing gender stories. Because each gender performance is unique, a virtually unlimited number of genders exists--not just two, as the gender binary would have us believe. The same multiplicity that characterizes the gender landscape characterizes the individual, who typically changes gender multiple times a day and across the lifespan. In Gender Stories, personal gender performances are framed within a philosophy of choice. Readers are encouraged to become more conscious of the choices they have in constructing their gender identities and to allow others the same choice by respecting their gender performances. Readers will easily find a place for themselves in the book, regardless of their views on gender, because one perspective on gender is not presented as the right one. Gender Stories affirms and legitimizes diverse perspectives as providing more comprehensive knowledge about gender for everyone."--Publisher's website.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Purchased through The Jeremiah Kaplan Endowment for the Social Sciences.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Gender Stories: An Introduction -- Dramatic Fiction: The Social Construction of Reality -- The Classics: The Gender Binary -- Science Fiction: Gender Stories in Scientific Research -- Best Sellers: Gender Stories in Popular Culture -- Crafting: Developing Gender Stories -- Performing: Enacting Gender Stories -- Reworking: Managing Responses to Gender Performances -- The Next Chapter: Constructing Gendered Worlds.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-6472
- ISBN
- 1577667913
- 9781577667919
- OCLC
- 808501929
- Author
- Foss, Sonja K.
- Title
- Gender stories : negotiating identity in a binary world / Sonja K. Foss, Mary E. Domenico, Karen A. Foss.
- Imprint
- Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Foss, Karen A.Domenico, Mary E.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-6472