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 Doing Gender DiversityReadings in Theory and Real-World Experienceby Lis Maurer, Rebecca F. Plante Aug 10, 2009
DescriptionWhat is gender diversity? Doesn’t diversity often mean a focus on people who vary from typically gendered people, like intersex people and drag queens? What would it mean to talk about gender diversities? What does it mean to argue that all forms of gender, from the usual to the unusual, are socially constructed? How is gender developed, experienced, and presented by the range of persons who “do” or perform gender (namely, all of us)? This book demonstrates the multiple ways in which the universe of gender is socially, culturally, and historically constructed. The complexity of our gendered lives can be confusing. This anthology focuses on gender itself-how gender operates socioculturally, exists, functions, and is presented in micro and macro interactions. In order to avoid balkanization, the authors examine the various ways in which culture intersects with individuals to produce the range of presentations of self that we call “gender,” from people born male who become adult men to lesbian women to transmen, and everyone else on the diverse gender spectrum. This cutting-edge book focuses on both hegemonic and transgressive gender development, roles, identities, and practices. Reviews“Finally, the quintessential collection of Gender and Sexuality Studies readings. Plante and Maurer have brought together an interdisciplinary reader that spans the breadth of the field. Their astute selection of essays, based on first person narratives, scholarly empirical studies and theoretical articles, is a fundamental addition to anyone's library.”
“In Doing Gender Diversity, Plante and Maurer have assembled an outstanding collection of readings that explore the cultural construction and personal negotiation of gender by looking at diversity in practices and performances. Avoiding the trap of presenting gender diversity as ‘freaks on parade,’ they compile works examining normative and non-normative ways of embodying gender in the context of hegemonic ideologies of gender. While US-focused, this reader incorporates a diverse selection of classic theoretical works, contemporary empirical analyses, and first-person narratives and provides an excellent foundation for undergraduate explorations of the diverse ways of ‘doing’ gender.”
“Plante and Maurer’s Doing Gender Diversity is a highly innovative anthology that critically examines unexplored and taken for granted aspects of gender normalcy and gender privilege. This reader is a comprehensive collection of classical and contemporary works that is a must-read for a diversity of gender scholars across multiple fields.”
“Plante and Maurer have brought together a collection that recognizes and wrestles with the diversity that characterizes contemporary gender studies, identity, and expression. Doing Gender Diversity is a well-considered text that promises to advance students’ theoretical and empirical understandings of gender, race, class, and sexuality.”
“This deeply thought-provoking collection of new and classic essays is a must for students of gender and genders in all their complexities.” Selling TerritoryWorld |
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