Gender Trouble: Feminism And The Subversion Of Identity
... From a feminist perspective, Judith Butler (1990) contributes to the analysis with her concept of gender performativity, which suggests that gender is not a fixed identity, but is constructed and reproduced through repetitive acts within a normative framework. Butler argues that gender norms influence social expectations about women's behavior, often limiting their ability to respond to situations of violence. ...
... The analysis of these stories shows how psychological and emotional violence can be as destructive as physical violence, affecting the self-esteem and perception of autonomy of the victims. Judith Butler's (1990) theory of gender performativity contributes to this analysis by explaining how discourses and practices of control reinforce subordinate identities, causing women to internalize violence as part of their everyday reality. ...
... The results of this ethnographic study allow us to understand gender-based violence in Colombia from an in-depth and contextualized perspective, revealing how sociocultural dynamics and power structures influence the normalization of violence and the barriers to access justice. From a theoretical approach, these findings are related to Pierre Bourdieu's (1998) proposals on symbolic violence, Judith Butler's (1990) gender performativity, and Kimberlé Crenshaw's (1989) intersectional approach, all of which highlight the importance of analyzing violence not only as an individual act, but as a structurally and culturally sustained phenomenon. ...
This study explores gender-based violence in Colombia from a qualitative ethnographic research approach, focused on the reports and experiences of women who have experienced situations of violence in different social and community contexts. Through the application of in-depth interviews, focus groups, and participant observation, qualitative data were collected that allow us to understand the sociocultural dynamics that perpetuate this problem. The results reveal that patriarchal structures and cultural norms influence the normalization of violence, and that women face symbolic and material barriers to accessing justice and obtaining institutional support. In addition, patterns of justification of violence based on emotional dependence and psychological manipulation were identified, which reinforces the need to implement educational and early awareness programs. This study highlights the importance of listening to women's voices and building a comprehensive approach that addresses gender-based violence from an intersectional perspective, recognizing the different ways in which it manifests itself in family, work, and community spaces.
... At the same time, the construction of gender identity in advertising has been a key area of research. Gender identity is not a fixed trait, but something that is performed and constructed through repeated actions and behaviors [4]. Women in advertising are often portrayed in roles that conform to traditional femininity, emphasizing traits such as beauty, refinement, and passivity [5]. ...
... The main theories guiding this study are multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) [7], gender performativity [4], and the emotion cycle model [8]. Through the lens of MDA, this study explores how these multimodal elements (e.g., images, texts, and their combination) contribute to the formation of identity. ...
... Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity challenges the traditional view of gender as an inherent or biological trait. According to Butler, gender is not something a person "is" but something a person "does" [4]. Gender identity is constructed through a series of repeated performances that are shaped by social norms and cultural understandings. ...
This study investigates the construction of female identity through multimodal (visual-textual) resources in Xiaohongshu digital advertising, focusing on YSLs 1966 lipstick advertising video. Integrating Multimodal Discourse Analysis (MDA), Gender Performativity Theory, and Russells Circumplex Model of Emotion, a mixed-methods experiment engaged 10 female participants and 30 valid questionnaires results with interview results to compare three video versions: image-only, text-only, and full-modality. Results demonstrated that the full-modality condition elicited the strongest emotional engagement, with significant correlations between pleasure, confidence, and reduced stress. The synergy of visuals and textual affirmations reinforced narratives of modern femininity characterized by autonomy and aspiration. Future research should include a larger sample size and multiple product focus, and further expand to cross-cultural contexts, non-binary identities, and auditory modalities to deepen understanding of multimodal identity construction. This study highlights the transformative potential of multimodal advertising in shaping social perceptions of gender and urges critical engagement with digital medias symbolic complexity.
... • The conflation between gender and sex is widespread (Butler, 1990(Butler, , 1993(Butler, , 2004, impacting fields outside of agricultural education. ...
... • The conflation between gender and sex is widespread (Butler, 1990(Butler, , 1993(Butler, , 2004, impacting fields outside of agricultural education. ...
... • The conflation between gender and sex is widespread (Butler, 1990(Butler, , 1993(Butler, , 2004, impacting fields outside of agricultural education. ...
This study employs content analysis to examine the use of sex and gender-based language in the Journal of Agricultural Education (JAE) from 2019-2023. Grounded in queer theory, the research analyzes 255 publications to determine the frequency and location of terms related to gender and sex, revealing that 74.93% of articles utilize such language. Preliminary findings indicate a high prevalence of "male/female" and "gender/s/ed" terms, with methods and results sections containing the most frequent mentions. The study highlights the need for researchers to adopt accurate and inclusive terminology, advocating for education on the distinction between sex and gender to enhance inclusivity in agricultural education research.
... If for Mitchell "the State arises from techniques that enable mundane material practices to take on the appearance of an abstract, nonmaterial form," (77; see also Gupta 1995, 378) here we argue such practices can sometimes make way not just for the state as such to emerge, but further allow the state to assume a particular form or identity. Drawing on Butler's (1993) notion of performativity, Cynthia Weber (1998) has already argued that much like individuals, states should be seen as subjects-in-process whose identities are shaped through reiterated material practices (see also Edensor 2020;Visoka 2018). ...
... Yet such an examination can only be understood as a parody; a mimicry of an "exhaustive" enquiry, a show of industriousness tactically deployed to fabricate "accountability." And much like Butler's (1990) understanding of parody, through this mimicking of an "examination," or perhaps a "rigorous examination" (alongside other procedures, some of which we reviewed earlier and some we identify later), clusters of bureaucratic principles emerge: "oversight", "due process" and, by extension, also "the rule of law" or even "justice-making", while rendering them all void of substance-a façade. Yet since this parody of an examination supplants an earnest one, it undermines the very possibility of the latter, and hence has a very material effect: it shields torture from justice-making. ...
... While this is, no doubt, part of the story, we proposed that there is more at stake. Performativity, as Butler (1993) shows, is never simply an empty gesture, and always does something or produces something in the world, even when it merely affirms power structures. Shielding Israel from international interventions-what we termed "the legitimacy effect"-is a crucial aspect of this performativity that must be understood as emerging through the bureaucratic performativity of accountability, transparency, and due process we reviewed here. ...
This article tells the story of one small department in the Israeli Ministry of Justice: “The Inspector for Complaints Against General Security Service (GSS) Interrogators” (in Hebrew: Mavtan). Tasked with examining complaints of torture in GSS interrogations, and determining whether they merit launching a criminal investigation, Mavtan has reviewed more than 1,450 complaints to date. None of these, however, had ever led to criminal charges. By analysing this failure, we tell a segment of the story of torture in Israel and, more broadly, of the legal bureaucracy that makes state and colonial violence possible. Despite the failure to produce concrete outcomes, Mavtan is a very industrious unit. We argue that this extensive bureaucratic labor creates a semblance of the rule of law by performing an adherence to hallmarks of good governance, such as transparency and accountability. Paraphrasing Mitchell (1999), we call this semblance the “legitimacy effect,” as it works to produce state legitimacy on two levels: internationally, to cordon off external interventions, and domestically, to defuse the internal tension between torture and democracy. It hence allows torture to emerge as a problem that may be addressed procedurally, without ever contending with the violence and the violations of international law it necessarily entails.
... This literature review is structured around two research questions: (1) How are different forms of masculinity portrayed in popular culture and media? (2) In what ways do these portrayals reinforce or challenge traditional gender norms in real-world social contexts across various cultural settings? ...
... Judith Butler's (1990) theory of gender performativity offers a crucial lens for analyzing masculinity in media. Butler argues that gender is not an innate identity but rather a repeated set of performances reinforced by societal norms. ...
This literature review explores the portrayal of masculinities in popular media, focusing on how these representations reflect and shape broader cultural, political, and social norms across diverse cultural contexts. By examining media portrayals of hegemonic and alternative masculinities, the review addresses two key questions: how masculinities are represented in popular culture and how these representations reinforce or challenge traditional gender norms. The analysis draws on scholarship from media studies, sociology, and gender studies, highlighting the dual role of media as both a site for subverting dominant gender narratives and reinforcing existing stereotypes. Key themes include the intersection of masculinity with race, the emergence of alternative masculinities, and the tension between media’s potential for societal change and its role in perpetuating traditional norms. The review concludes that while progress has been made in representing diverse masculinities, true subversion of hegemonic ideals remains complex due to cultural, racial, and generational factors, as well as the interpretive dynamics of media audiences.
... Therefore, it is remarkable for Roy Krishna (a footballer) and a non-Mäori to win the Te Kairanga Sportsman of the Year award in (2018-2019)which is presented to the best athlete across disciplines in Wellington (Peter, 2021). Krishna winning this award in New Zealand reveals that (hegemonic) masculinity is fluid (Butler, 1990) and not limited to rugby and/or a particular race. Thus soccer and Krishna's masculinity here were raised to a hegemonic statusequivalent or beyond an elite rugby player/rugby. ...
... In the above extracts, Anshu like Krishna's parents perceive that the Indo-Fijian body (not tall and not so strong) is not apt for rugby and there is also an implication that soccer is less physical and a softer sport than rugby, thus it can be played by the 'not so tall and not so strong' Indo-Fijian men. Moreover, Anshu perceives iTaukei women rugby players as stronger than Indo-Fijian men, who play soccershe recognises masculinity occupying iTaukei women rugby playerssignifying a mighty female body (Butler, 1990). ...
Rugby is the dominant sports discourse in Fiji, which is played by iTaukei and has a large fan following by all Fijians. In Fiji hegemonic masculinity is fielded, reflected and reproduced in rugby, and soccer is perceived as a softer sport. Unlike rugby in Fiji which excludes Indo-Fijians (men and women), men’s club and national level soccer teams are represented by both Indo-Fijian and iTaukei men. A significant number of studies have been carried out in the field of Indigenous Fijian men and women and rugby and a few studies have been carried out centring around race, ethnicity and class issues in Fiji soccer. However, there is dearth in literature regarding Fijian sporting celebrities who do not play the dominant Fijian sport (rugby). Therefore, this paper specifically puts to the forefront the voice of ‘the other’ in the Fijian sporting context - in relation to the social justice agenda in sporting realms by discussing data coming out from a one-year ethnographic research undertaken in Fiji. Data was collected employing arts-based research and visual methods, based on poetry workshops and photo elicitation, both methods aiming to illuminate what gender and physicality in sports meant for young Indo-Fijian women in Fiji. In responding to this research question, many times the name of the (Indo) Fijian soccer-sporting icon – Roy Krishna was disclosed. Therefore, in this study we analyse Roy Krishna’s masculinity based on the perceptions of gender and race in sports of Indo-Fijian young women. The findings reveal that Masculinity (and femininity) does not mean the same thing to everyone and in every culture; it varies in how it is understood, experienced, and lived out in daily practice. Moreover the findings show that within the same ethnic community some Indo-Fijian young women perceive Roy Krishna as an epitome of hegemonic masculinity whilst other women perceive Roy Krishna’s masculinity as subordinate akin to Fijian culture which associates hegemonic masculinity merely with the robust iTaukei rugby player. This paper provides an alternate reading of Fijian masculinities in the Fijian sporting arenas.
... El sentido social subyacente del uso lingüístico se ha identificado recientemente como una herramienta de construcción activa de la identidad en el discurso. A través de esta herramienta, a la que Eckert (2018) llama estilo, los hablantes pueden colocarse en la situación de comunicación con respecto a los demás (Bucholtz/Hall 2004, 2005, Butler 1990, Dyer 2006. Dicho de otro modo, el estilo de los individuos les permite no solamente indexar su identidad tras el discurso, sino también construirla de manera dinámica y continua (Benwell/Stokoe 2010). ...
El presente trabajo constituye la continuación de mi tesina de maestría (Graindorge 2022), por lo que se basa en el mismo conjunto de datos 1. El objetivo principal es profundizar y matizar algunos de los hallazgos previos alrededor de la ubicación de la norma perceptiva venezolana, así como reali-zar un análisis con datos propios y recientes. En concreto, este trabajo propone investigar las justificaciones acerca de la localización de la norma, y exponer las racionalizaciones dadas por los hablantes del español de Venezuela a la hora de "criticar" sus variedades nacionales. El título hace referencia al artí-culo de Demonte (2004). Sin más preámbulos, empezaremos por ubicarnos en el marco teórico so-ciolingüístico, y más particularmente en el campo de la dialectología venezo-lana, y se revisan algunos trabajos previos sobre la(s) norma(s) de Venezue-la. Seguiremos con una breve presentación de los datos obtenidos en nuestra encuesta, a partir de los cuales responderemos a las preguntas siguientes: i) ¿dónde se puede(n) ubicar la(s) norma(s) de Venezuela en la actualidad?; y ii) ¿en qué medida el origen de los participantes puede influir en su ubicación? Terminaremos sintetizando y discutiendo nuestras conclusiones en la última sección. 1 Mi agradecimiento a Daphné M. por sus comentarios. También extiendo las gracias a cada persona que se tomó el tiempo y la energía de participar en mi encuesta. Pato-Venezuela.indb 61 Pato-Venezuela.indb 61 27/
... Hivyohivyo, tunaweza kueleza kuwa utambulisho wa wanawake katika jamii si kitu cha kudumu bali ni matokeo ya athari za utendaji wa aina mbalimbali za uundaji wa ujinsia. Butler (2006) anakwenda mbali zaidi anapoeleza kuwa uundaji wa majukumu ya kijinsia katika jamii unajenga utambulisho unaowatesa wanawake kutokana na taratibu za kijamii zinazowadunisha na kuwaheshimisha wanaume. Kutokana na misingi ya muda mrefu iliyowekwa na jamii, wanawake wanaogopa kutengwa na jamii endapo watapinga kufuata utambulisho kubalifu wa kiutamaduni. ...
Tafiti mbalimbali kuhusu riwaya ya Kiswahili zinaonesha kuwa mwanamke amesawiriwa kwa mitazamo mbalimbali, ukiwamo mtazamo hasi. Usawiri wa mtazamo huo unamtambulisha mwanamke kama kiumbe dhaifu na duni. Kwa kuongozwa na Nadharia ya Udenguzi, makala imeonesha namna mhusika mwanamke anavyoweza kubadilisha utambulisho hasi na kujenga utambulisho chanya. Makala imetumia data kutoka katika riwaya ya Nyuso za Mwanamke (Mohamed, 2010) zilizopatikana kwa usomaji makini. Makala imeweka bayana nafasi ya riwaya ya Kiswahili katika kujenga utambulisho wa mwanamke unaoimarisha ujinsuke2 . Matokeo haya yanatokana na uumbaji wa wahusika wanawake wanaodengua kaida za jamii zinazomkandamiza mwanamke na kufichua mbinu zinazotumiwa na baadhi ya wanajamii kuendeleza ukandamizaji huo. Pia, umuhimu wa wanawake kujitambua na kujisimamia umewekwa bayana.
... Both genres originate in viewing being a girl as the defining property of their players. Here, queer theory has opened up for the perspective of gender play, performed by both sexes and allowing a mix (Butler 1990). Brunner (2008) proposes a continuum of expressions ranging from 'butch' to 'femme', all expressions available to girls and boys alike. ...
Gender-aware design is important in computer games in general, and perhaps even more so in the design of pervasive games, as these are played in the ordinary world. As pervasive games blur the distinction between game and non-game situations, they influence the everyday lives of their players. We discuss the design process for the game ‘Codename Heroes’ from a gender-aware perspective. The focus is on how players reacted to the experience of playing the game during a sequence of design workshops. We found that playing the game made people less sensitive to ‘fear of the outside’. The participants were aware they ‘should’ feel unsafe in unknown neighbourhoods, but mostly did not. Furthermore, a combination of collaboration with internal competition fostered a sense of empowerment. Finally, we could confirm what previous researchers have seen, that women participants tended to blame themselves, rather than the technology or the situation, for errors.
... El binomio artístico formado por Nacha Guevara (1940-) y Alberto Favero (1944-) es el caso de estudio abordado por Rosalía Castro Pérez, quien se enfoca en dos de sus primeros discos, Nacha de noche y Amor de ciudad grande, analizándolos según los conceptos de Leslie Dunn y Nancy Jones (1994) para la vocalidad, las categorizaciones de Allan Moore (2012) para la canción grabada y el enfoque de la performance de Judith Butler (1995). El dúo de artistas Nacha Guevara y Alberto Favero se estableció en España huyendo de la dictadura militar argentina entre 1976 y 1982, lapso en el cual graba siete discos. ...
El libro Músicas iberoamericanas interconectadas, caminos, circuitos y redes, generado a partir del III Congreso de la Comisión de Trabajo “Música y Estudios Americanos” de la Sociedad Española de Mu sicología (MUSAM / SEdeM) realizado en Santiago de Compostela en octubre de 2021, explora las redes de intercambio musical desde la época colonial hasta la actualidad en una Iberoamérica marcada por el proceso de hibridación de tres mundos: el indígena, el africano y el europeo.¹ A través de veinticinco trabajos de autores radicados en Argentina, Austria, Brasil, Chile, España, Esta dos Unidos, México, Portugal y Puerto Rico se busca superar una visión fragmentada de la historia musical de la región y establecer conexiones entre diferentes territorios y períodos, fomentando redes de intercambio supranacionales cuyo epicentro es la música.
... These dynamics revolving around liturgical language practices and power relations regarding gender and sexuality are of special interest from a discourse analytic perspective (cf. Foucault 1976;Butler 1990Butler , 1993. Likewise, Searle in his later works (1997,2010), who was also inspired by Foucault (cf. ...
This paper discusses how the category of declarative speech acts can be used in the context of discourse analysis. For this purpose, similarities as well as differences between the works of Searle and Foucault are being discussed in order to illustrate the possibilities and challenges of theorizing declarative speech acts as discursive practices. To elaborate on these problems, a study on the felicity conditions of marriage in Islamic as well as Christian cultures is critically reviewed. The paper ends with an analysis of the discourse of same-sex marriage as well as blessing ceremonies in German churches and the discursive conflicts revolving around those practices.
... Sin embargo, el cis-heteronormativo está constantemente presente y nos recuerda -como afirmaría Butler (1990)-que es imposible vivir fuera de esa matriz. Sin embargo, viviendo exactamente dentro de la matriz, es posible interrumpir sus mandatos y producir performatividades que contrarresten supuestos y dictados. ...
Este capítulo ofrece una reflexión teológica como motivación para caminar tras las huellas de Marcella Althaus-Reid y descubrir los principios disruptivos de la Teología queer/cuir latinoamericana. Entre tangos y música popular, evocaciones libertinas y relatos disidentes, consideraciones protésicas y herramientas de tránsito, este texto indecente señala algunas ideas revitalizadoras que manifiestan la necesidad de pensar y habitar el Sur Global de una manera queer/cuir/marica. La voz del Sur es poderosamente teológica y potencialmente revolucionaria.
Este capítulo oferece uma reflexão teológica como motivação para seguir os passos de Marcella Althaus-Reid e descobrir os princípios disruptivos da teologia queer/cuir latino-americana. Entre tangos e música popular, evocações libertinas e narrativas dissidentes, considerações protéticas e ferramentas de trânsito, esse texto indecente aponta para algumas ideias revitalizantes que manifestam a necessidade de pensar e habitar o Sul Global de uma forma queer [cuir/marica]. A voz do Sul é poderosamente teológica e potencialmente revolucionária.
This theological reflection is a motivation to walk in the footsteps of Marcella Althaus-Reid to discover the disruptive principles of Latin American Queer Theology. Between tangos and popular music, libertine evocations and dissident stories, prosthetic considerations, and transit tools, this indecent text indicates some revitalizing ideas that manifest the need to think and inhabit the Global South queerly [cuirmente/ maricamente]. The voice of the South is powerfully theological and potentially revolutionary. Cette réflexion théologique est une motivation pour marcher sur les traces de Marcella Althaus-Reid afin de découvrir les principes perturbateurs de la Queer Theology Latino-américaine. Entre tangos et musique populaire, évocations libertines et histoires dissidentes, considérations prothétiques et outils de transit, ce texte indécent indique quelques idées revitalisantes qui manifestent le besoin de penser et d'chabiter le Sud global d’une manière queer [cuir/marica]. La voix du Sud est puissamment théologique et potentiellement révolutionnaire.
... Sin embargo, el cis-heteronormativo está constantemente presente y nos recuerda -como afirmaría Butler (1990)-que es imposible vivir fuera de esa matriz. Sin embargo, viviendo exactamente dentro de la matriz, es posible interrumpir sus mandatos y producir performatividades que contrarresten supuestos y dictados. ...
Elaborar una arqueología queer de la historia de las teologías sexuales —en particular de las teologías queer en América Latina— presenta el desafío de no poder abarcar en su totalidad los múltiples caminos que tanto las teologías como sus actores y productores han recorrido y continúan recorriendo. Siguiendo a Thomas A. Dowson (2000), una arqueología queer «[…] cuestiona todos los aspectos de la práctica normativa establecida» (p. 164), lo cual invita a un replanteamiento radical de los marcos de análisis. Esta perspectiva resulta esencial para entender el surgimiento y desarrollo de las teologías queer en América Latina, ya que no se puede desvincular de la crítica al marco cis-heteronormativo que ha dominado y condicionado tanto el ámbito religioso como el social en la región. Aquí, quizás, nos dedicaremos meramente a «caminar indecentemente» (Santos Meza, 2023a), mientras reflexionamos sobre la multiplicidad de travesías teológicas que se han imaginado, señalado y transitado en América Latina. Las teologías hegemónicas cis-heteropatriarcales en América Latina han operado dentro de este marco, reproduciendo estructuras de exclusión y marginación hacia cuerpos y subjetividades no normativas. Por ello, el análisis de las teologías queer debe necesariamente confrontar y problematizar esta hegemonía, proponiendo una visión alternativa que desborde las normas establecidas. Sin embargo, somos conscientes de que cualquier intento por cartografiar la historia de estas teologías será —en cierta medida—incompleto, ya que su desarrollo sigue siendo un proceso en constante evolución.
... Games have come a long way in terms of graphical fidelity, but not necessarily in terms of drawing on contemporary understandings of gender performativity. (Butler, 1999) In other words, long flowing locks are more often than not an indicator of femininity, and Bayonetta is no exception. ...
This paper proposes digital hair as a lens through which to explore a number of issues surrounding culture and representation in videogames. While the difficulty of creating hair which looks and moves in a photorealistic manner is notorious in both animation and digital games, the effortless ability to create hair which carries with it social and cultural meaning has not been examined with the same fine-tooth comb. Sociologists and anthropologists from Sir Edmund Leach to Emma Dabiri emphasise how hair can carry a multitude of social, cultural and political meanings, and this paper argues that many of these are carried over into digital worlds. These meanings are examined here in terms of the colour, length, and texture of digital game characters’ hair in relation to culture, gender, and race, providing further avenues for the exploration of representation in digital games.
... To interpret the PMs' rhetorical performances of personas of "mother of the nation," we begin from Judith Butler's ([1990] 2006) concept of gender performativity. For Butler ([ ] 2006, the concept of gender performativity is not "a singular act, but a repetition and a ritual, which achieves its effects through its naturalization in the context of a body, understood, in part, as a culturally sustained temporal duration." Thus, the gendered body serves as an instrument through which cultural meanings are expressed. ...
Women political leaders, research shows, have been able to use stereotypically feminine traits to their advantage in their response to the pandemic, thus overcoming usual double binds of performing femininity and political leadership. But what, more precisely, accounts for women politicians’ successful performance of pandemic leadership? In this paper, we argue that public perceptions of women leaders’ credibility are negotiated through news media and further mediated by specific events and broader cultural contexts. Using a mixed methodology of media readings and focus group interviews, we show how prime ministers Erna Solberg of Norway and Mette Frederiksen of Denmark both performed a persona of the “mother of the nation,” but only Solberg succeeded in doing so authentically, leading to the public’s celebration of her credibility while Frederiksen was chided for being inauthentic and strategic.
... Queer denotes a political disposition to challenge normativity. The concept had its origins in Anglo-lingual debates in intellectual and activist settings concerned with undoing the normativities around sexuality and gender (such as heteronormativity, and cis-normativity) (Warner, 1993(Warner, , 1999Seidman, 1997;Sedgwick, 1991;Butler, 2006Butler, , 2011. Debates about queer have broadened since the 1990s, and queer theory is more inclined nowadays to engage with body-related and emotional normativities on larger scale, pushed by e.g., Black and indigenous feminist and queer and trans people of colour (QTPOC) critiques to recognise and tackle the central role of race and colonialism in the construction of intimacy and sexuality, by Queer Crip theory to realise the pervasive power of ablism, neuro-normativity and normative beauty standards, and by trans* studies to recognise that cis-normativity or trans*-fetishism structured much of the early queer debates (Eng et al. 2004;Eng, 2010;Ferguson, 2004, Mcruer, 2006Eng and Puar, 2020). ...
This paper addresses the question how a queer perspective may inform radical and transformative political agendas around Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM). It argues that no relationships are ever truly transformative or transgressive because of their unconventional constellation alone. Rather, CNMs need to be consciously politicised in ways that tap into wider political movement agendas to fulfil their queer potential. The paper further argues that radical queer political agendas around NMC need to consider the diversity of populations engaged in CNMs. It suggests that the debates about intersectionality and positionality in Black, indigenous and decolonial feminisms and queer-of-colour critiques, and Édouard Glissant’s call for a poetics of relation and the “right to opacity” can provide rich inspiration for a multi-issue politics based on an affirmation of difference and multiplicity. The paper goes on to explore some key themes within queer-inspired debates on CNM, moving from the discussion of politics of pleasure to queer kinship theory, closing with the argument that queer CNM politics are further dependent on an expansive ethics of care, as aptly theorised in social movement debates on the commons. The article utilises queer, feminist, anti-racist, decolonial and anti-capitalist critical theories to sketch a framework of concerns that may help developing transformative political agendas around CNM in different social contexts.
... Sexism operates within a broader framework of gender, a socially constructed set of roles, behaviors, and attributes that societies consider appropriate for men and women. Unlike biological sex, which refers to physiological differences, gender reflects cultural norms and expectations that shape individual identities and social hierarchies [5,6]. In patriarchal systems, these expectations often prescribe subordinate roles for women, relegating them to the private sphere while granting men dominance in public and economic domains. ...
Sexist ideologies and attitudes perpetuate gender inequalities in both private and public contexts. Traditional views of sexism emphasize hostility, but the phenomenon is more complex, involving interdependent power relations between men and women. The Ambivalent Sexism Theory identifies two forms: hostile sexism (HS) and benevolent sexism (BS). This study aimed to measure the levels of HS and BS among men in a northern Italian town, examining sociodemographic factors associated with elevated sexism scores. A paper questionnaire was administered by a volunteer organization and the Local Health Authority to male individuals over 18 in Cesena from February to April 2023. The convenience sample was recruited from diverse settings, including universities, companies, cafes, and hospitals. The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske) was translated into Italian and used for data collection. A total of 275 participants were included. The mean age was 44.4 years, with a diverse educational background. Regression analyses revealed that higher education levels were associated with lower HS scores with a high school education and a bachelor’s degree or higher showing statistically significant coefficients of −5.33 (SE = 2.26, p = 0.019, and 95% CI: −9.78–−0.88) and −8.64 (SE = 2.51, p = 0.001, and 95% CI: −13.58–−3.69), respectively, if compared to individuals with middle school education or less. Age was a significant predictor of BS, with older individuals showing higher BS scores (Coeff. = 0.20, SE = 0.05, p < 0.001, and 95% CI: 0.10–0.31). Healthcare professionals had higher HS scores, while unionists had both lower HS and BS scores. This study highlighted the levels of both HS and BS in various professional and social contexts. Education appears to be a critical factor in reducing HS, while age influences BS.
... This finding suggests a need for further examination of whether this inclination can indeed be attributed to men's association with independence in their relationship with digital media or if additional aspects are at play. Here, deepening the link between digital disconnection studies and gender studies-particularly through concepts like gender performativity (Butler, 1990) and doing gender (West & Zimmerman, 1987)-could elucidate how the structural construction of gender norms and everyday practices shaped by one's assigned sex also influence digital disconnection. This could also lead to the adoption of more critical approaches that allow for further problematization of gendered experiences. ...
This survey-based study examines digital disconnection experiences among 1,142 respondents in Norway, focusing on self-reported behaviors and opinions regarding digital media non-use in everyday life. Specifically, it highlights gender differences, along with other sociodemographic variations, found in the responses of 552 women and 590 men. The results show that both genders reported spending 'too much' time on their smartphones, with women reporting this more frequently. Yet notably, there is no significant difference in self-reported screen time estimates between the two genders. Moreover, women reported imposing more frequent smartphone restrictions in various scenarios, whereas men expressed greater opposition to authorities interfering with Internet and smartphone use. Still, while these differences are significant, the quantitative description reveals them to be rather minor. This study seeks to advance the field of digital disconnection studies by integrating a gender perspective, thereby contributing to its interdisciplinary scope. Furthermore, it aims to establish a foundation for future research, potentially expanding beyond comparative analyses and the gender binary, and fostering more critical perspectives.
... Sociologists and psychologists in the Global North have argued that gender and sex are distinct and separate from each other; the former being a socially constructed performance that arises in the course of human interaction, and the latter as determined by biological characteristics, such as chromosomes and genitalia (Butler, 1990;Helgeson, 2020;Lips, 2008;West & Zimmerman, 1987;Westbrook & Saperstein, 2015). This "biology-based/sex essentialist understanding" when universalized creates a singular universal understanding of cisgender subjectivities while concurrently creating a universal understanding of transgender subjectivities (Camminga, 2020, p. 820). ...
In this work the authors explore the distinct yet interconnected nature of gender and sex, challenging the prevalent conflation of these concepts in the Global North. The imposition of this conflation necessitates the term “transgender” to describe individuals whose gender identity diverges from their assigned sex at birth. Utilizing Global North literature in dialogue with Brazil and Thailand, the authors examine travestis and toms, demonstrating how their identities defy conventional Global Northern norms of gender and sex. In doing so, we critically analyze the impact of colonialism on the application of Global Northern taxonomies to non-global North identities, urging a nuanced understanding of diverse human experiences. Researchers from the Global North can contribute to a nuanced understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality by challenging the problematic conflation of sex and gender. To achieve this, a culturally humble approach is crucial, by centering the voices of individuals from non-global Northern backgrounds and avoiding reductionism, colonialism, erasure, and distortion. We ultimately call for sexuality scholars to respect diverse identities, resist applying Global Northern frameworks, and recognize the intrinsic value of human diversity in all its forms.
... The visuality of social media plays a significant role in shaping perceptions of gender and war. The constitution of differences between gendered bodies occurs, among other but importantly, through performative (Butler 1990) and 'visual logics' (Åhäll 2018, 150). It has been already well documented how war itself has 'never before (. . ...
This article examines the intersection of war and gender through a visual analysis of TikTok videos depicting Ukrainian soldiers. Framed as the first TikTok war, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia has been intensively followed on social media. Videos of Ukrainian soldiers sharing their daily lived experience of the conflict on TikTok circulated widely to a global audience. By staging their lived reality, often in a playful manner, the soldiers not only perform their identity as defenders of the Ukrainian nation-state, but they also perform their gender identity. By asking how these popular self- representations are gendered, this research contributes to feminist approaches in critical military studies, as well as to the literature on the popular cultural constitution of world politics. The results of an audiovisual analysis of TikTok videos indicate that war is being redefined as an integral part of everyday life and that this reconfi- guration is playing a decisive role in mobilizing support for Ukraine. At first sight, a shift away from militarized masculinity that could reshape the gender order can be envisioned. However, I nuance this view by showing how masculinity is subtly adapting to new visual regimes, limiting TikTok’s potential to disrupt gender subordination.
Researchers’ concern has grown over an alarming trend among young Muslim men of immigrant backgrounds born in Western countries to adopt religiously extremist tendencies. They have overlooked the Western-born young Muslim men who are disillusioned by fundamentalist Western states and social behavior and reactionary Islamist politics. It is this relatively overlooked young Western-born (especially British-born) Muslim masculine subject that I intend to explore in Shamsie’s Home Fire through Parvaiz’s character by drawing on Bradley’s concept of unbearable life with the aim to intervene in the discourse of post-9/11 Muslim jihadist masculinity and cultural integration. I examine how Parvaiz is derecognized and politically erased by the nihilopolitics of set norms of gender, religion, Islamism, and the state apparatuses of Britain; and, then how he resists and politicizes this space of non-subjectivity. I argue that this state of nullification becomes a new site of politics for him to assert his distinctive masculine self, belongingness, and voice.
Discussing my long-term research involvement in the world of fitness trainers and bodybuilders in India, I frequently get asked if these men's bodies resonate with a potentially toxic sense of masculinity. Horrific rape cases, dowry deaths, and the more general problem of eve-teasing or the harassment of women in public spaces have all contributed to the idea of the Indian male as entitled and with a deeply problematic masculine self. This article seeks to upset this idea by focusing on the trajectories of interlocutors hailing from new or lower middle-class backgrounds. Focusing on a bodybuilding federation where men of the gujjar-caste form the majority and a small neighborhood gym where the trainers are from an ‘urban village’ in Delhi dominated by the jat-caste, it centers on men who actively engage with their socioeconomic status in society and the way their “transformed” muscular bodies are perceived in urban space. Having been expected to follow in their fathers’ footsteps and/or join the family business, their journeys deviate markedly from that of their peers. Working out and developing their bodies therefore marks more than mere bodily transformation. It also entails a process whereby they need to rework their sense of (masculine) self and their place in society.
Transformaciones queer/cuir en Abya Yala: Teologías indecentes y disruptivas es una obra que amplifica la visibilidad de las experiencias, espiritualidades, teologías y prácticas queer/cuir en nuestro continente. Lxs autores reunidxs ofrecen una polifonía teológica que enriquece y promueve el desarrollo de esta vertiente teológica actual. Cada capítulo aborda las preguntas y preocupaciones expresadas por personas creyentes y sus comunidades de fe queer/cuir en diversas realidades, contribuyendo así a un diálogo enriquecedor y transformador en el ámbito teológico contemporáneo.
This study investigates the relationship between women’s earnings and empowerment in India, focusing on married women aged 15-49. Utilizing data from the Indian DHS (2019–21), the research employs Bayesian statistical analyses to explore how earning money influences women’s empowerment in areas like financial and bodily autonomy, marital rights, attitudes towards intimate partner violence, and peer recognition. The study reveals that while earning money enhances women’s financial and bodily autonomy, decision-making capacity, and societal recognition, it simultaneously restricts their marital rights, degrades intimate partner relations, and increases the risk of domestic violence. The findings contribute to the discourse on gender equality, offering empirical insights into the complexities of women’s empowerment in India. This research has practical implications for policymakers, NGOs, and stakeholders working towards women’s empowerment, providing a deeper understanding of the varied impact of women’s economic contributions in India’s socio-cultural context.
Memory is a dynamic process shaped by ideology, identity, and historical transmission; it is
not only recall. It acts as a link between the past and the present, always shaped and
reshaped by the social, political, and cultural context of it. This collection looks at memory
as a site of negotiation—where media functions as both a custodian and a facilitator of
personal memories that combine with collective narratives.
Using many academic frameworks—including postcolonial studies, trauma studies, and
media theory—this collection critically examines the building, transmission, and
modification of cultural memory. The chapters cover important debates in memory studies,
especially the idea of prosthetic memory, in which people or groups absorb memories not
intrinsically theirs together with mnemonic transmission and intermedial translation, so
stressing the movement of memory across many media and cultural settings. These
discussions underline the dynamic interaction between memory and media, therefore
stressing the need of film, literature, digital archives, and oral traditions in both preserving
and challenging historical narratives.
This volume mostly looks at the junction of memory and power. Who controls the
historical narratives? In what ways could disadvantaged voices be restored, omitted, or
represented in cultural memory? Particularly in relation to subaltern representation in
cinema, indigenous media practices, and postcolonial narratives, the texts offered here
investigate the dual function of memory as a tool of hegemony and a venue for resistance.
This book seeks to clarify, via many studies, the great complexity of memory and its impact
on historical debate, social consciousness, and cultural identity.
Combining media studies, memory studies, and translation studies in this book helps to
contribute to current scholarly debate and open doors for next research possibilities.
Through digital archives, narrative storytelling, and cinematic memory, the essays provide
great insights into the ongoing shaping and reinterpretation of cultural memory. This
volume seeks to greatly contribute to the subject and inspire academics to investigate in a
progressively digital and globalised environment the interactions of memory, media, and
identity.
This paper explores the theme of female awakening in different cultural contexts through a comparative study of Dubliners by James Joyce and Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo. By examining how female consciousness is portrayed in early 20th-century Ireland and contemporary South Korea, this study highlights the evolution of gender discourse in literature. In Dubliners, female awakening is depicted as a tragic realization of oppression that leads to paralysis rather than rebellion, reflecting the rigid societal constraints imposed by Catholicism, colonial rule, and patriarchal traditions. Conversely, Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 presents a protagonist whose gradual realization of gender inequality manifests as psychological distress, ultimately serving as a broader critique of systemic oppression in modern South Korea. While Joyce’s women remain trapped within societal expectations, Cho Nam-joo’s protagonist represents a shift toward vocalized feminist critique. This contrast underscores how female awakening is shaped by historical and cultural contexts, revealing the transition from silent suffering to active resistance. The study highlights the role of literature in reflecting and challenging gender inequality and offers insights into the broader evolution of feminist thought in different societies.
Buku ini merupakan buku ajar MK "Etnofotografi" sebagai salah satu upaya untuk memperkuat pembelajaran dan budaya riset di bidang fotografi. Buku ini memaparkan secara sistematis kerangka pemahaman dalam pembelajaran etnofotografi. Diharapkan mahasiswa akan belajar dari asal muasal hingga penerapan praktik penelitian etnofotografi. Buku ini tidak untuk keperluan komersil.
Dalam dunia yang semakin modern dan berubah dengan
cepat, keberadaan dan nilai kesenian tradisi menjadi semakin
penting dalam memperkaya dan mempertahankan warisan budaya
kita. Edukasi estetis melalui kesenian tradisi memainkan peran
krusial dalam membuka pintu menuju keindahan, kearifan, dan nilai�nilai yang terkandung dalam seni-seni nenek moyang kita. Melalui
pengalaman estetika yang mendalam dengan seni tradisional, kita
dapat memperoleh wawasan yang lebih dalam tentang identitas
budaya dan koneksi emosional yang kokoh dengan warisan nenek
moyang kita.
Seperti yang dikatakan oleh Maxine Greene, seorang pendidik
dan filsuf terkemuka, "Seni memungkinkan kita untuk melihat dunia
dari perspektif yang berbeda, untuk merasakan kedalaman emosi,
dan untuk menyatu dengan keindahan yang ada di sekitar kita."
Dengan memperkenalkan kesenian tradisi melalui pendekatan
edukasi estetis, kita tidak hanya membuka mata mereka pada keindahan seni nenek moyang, tetapi juga membantu mereka
mendalami pemahaman mereka tentang makna-makna yang
tersembunyi di balik setiap karya seni tradisional.
Edukasi estetis melalui kesenian tradisi bukan hanya tentang
mempelajari teknik dan bentuk seni yang lalu, tetapi juga lebih
dalam membahas tentang Sejarah Estetika Seni, Teori Estetika, Seni
dan Keindahan, Pendekatan Estetika dalam Analisis Seni, Estetika
dan Filosofi Seni, Estetika dan edukasi, Etika Seni, Kesenian dalam
Konteks Estetika, Estetika dalam kesenian tradisi, dan Kesenian
tradisi serta lebih dalam mengurai implementasi edukasi estetis itu
sendiri.
Gender, has an impact on virtually every facet of our lives. A person’s gender is an essential component of their complete identity. Some men do not subscribe to the qualities and features of hegemonic masculinity, yet, it is the cultural and institutional practices that can exercise their effect on these men. Given that masculinity plays a significant role in the lives of men and its impact on women and children. This paper investigates how masculinity is portrayed in Vassanji’s novel No New Land and examines how immigration to foreign places either promotes or challenges men’s sense of masculinity. An examination of the representation of significant male figures in Vassanji's No New Land provides views of two distinct civilizations and permits a transnational and transcultural comparison of the consequences of masculinity on men who migrate to various cultures. Given that gender studies often overlook the challenges men face compared to those faced by women under patriarchy, this study adds to the growing body of research highlighting the issues men encounter under patriarchy.
p> The social media landscape is replete with images of animals that users share, repost and like, and there are not just cats anymore; various nonhuman species have become a part of the social media “ecosystem” from cute puppies to exotic dragons. They are not simply models for different formats of content anymore, on Instagram they have their own accounts and they become influencers almost like humans. At the same time, such accounts have odd status – they create the ‘illusion’ that animals can have control over their representation thus showing their identity on social media and that they are actors independent both from human curators and from the policy and affordances of Instagram as a digital platform. The paper is aimed at answering two main research questions: what forms of identity, and whose identities, are represented in pet accounts curated by human owners? What strategies and platform tools are chosen by the owners for curation and performing animal agency in pet accounts? Thus, the paper addresses three theoretical fields: 1) human-animal relationships, 2) representation of identity and agency in social media, 3) politics and affordances of digital platforms. Based on the discussions in these fields the authors propose qualitative in-depth analysis of six pet accounts. </p
This research aims to analyze the portrayal of feminine touch in the skin care advertisement Y.O.U Beauty with a case study in two countries, Indonesia and Philippines by using Erving Goffman’s theory on gender advertisement. The sample is taken from four posts under Y.O.U Beauty official Instagram account. The method that is used in this research is descriptive qualitative and the data are analyzed using content analysis to provide a detailed and systematic examination of the contents of the advertisements. The result shows that there are three key aspects including the connection between model and product, gesture, and color appearance that depict feminine touch in the advertisement of Y.O.U skin care products both in Indonesia and Philippines. In addition, the advertisement also demonstrates a shift in mindset and culture related to the usage of skin care products in society in recent years viewed from the choice of brand ambassadors who are men and women.
本文的思考起點是臺灣的批判歷史能動力如何可能。第一節引文概述本文的思考起點，強調理論和經驗的有機關連。第二節把歷史課綱的爭議扣連到臺灣人民意識的版圖，並指出其中的主體意識漏缺。第三節挪用女性主義哲學家茱蒂斯‧巴特勒（Judith Butler）的政治論述展演理論（performative theory of political discourse），並討論其中關於歷史能動力的曖昧處境與可能空間。第四節闡述臺灣原住民族透過抗爭與研究而累積的主體性，並扣連到美加澳紐等地近年來嶄露頭角的原住民立足點。第五節總結提出一個立足點與結盟的展演政治。
The starting point of this essay is the possibility of a critical historical agency in Taiwan. The first section introduces the author’s view of the organic connection between the theoretical and the empirical. The second section describes the pitfalls of the popular dichotomy of Chinese-versus-Taiwanese identities, especially its omission of the indigenous peoples’ historical situation and consciousness. The third section draws on Judith Butler’s performative theory of political discourse to clarify the situational ambiguity and possibilities of historical agency. The fourth section articulates the theoretical and political significance of the indigenous conception of history for Taiwan’s multiple positions of enunciation, and its connections to the indigenous standpoints in Australia and other countries. In my conclusion, I propose a performative politics involving the concepts of standpoint and coalition.
Feminist critique of democracy leads to the articulation of numerous proposals to change its institutional mechanisms to be more inclusive and emancipatory. Increasing importance is attributed not only to quantitative representation but also to the quality of public debate. In the article, we demonstrate how recent efforts to transcend the distinction between descriptive and substantive representation of women can face criticism from the perspective of intersectional theory. By analyzing the example of the ‘second-generation feminist institutional design,’ a model proposed by Karen Celis and Sarah Childs, we assess the compatibility of these ideas with deliberative theory and its practice. Ultimately, we circle back to the challenge posed by the intersectional approach to power and equality, aiming to delineate the boundaries of the emancipatory and inclusive potential of deliberative practices. The critique presented by intersectionality underscores that while such innovations might enhance equality in certain aspects, their inherent design will inadvertently perpetuate inequalities in other domains.
Since evangelical Christians became a major force in the US consumer marketplace in the 1970s, they have increasingly carved out a space for themselves in the arena of popular culture with their own brand of contemporary Christian music (CCM). This article proposes an analysis of how Christian alternative pop/rock band Superchick uses feminist discourse to promote the feminine adherence to purity and obedience of Christian religious directives. The origin of such a dichotomous relationship between form and substance can be traced to the Christian music industry’s desire to frame Christianity as ‘hip’ and countercultural in contrast to its secular counterpart. Musical forms are appropriated freely without regard for the historical specificities of their genre and added lyrics promoting evangelical Christianity’s values. The article examines how resisting the corrupt pull of secularism is frequently framed as an act of rebellion to win over young and teenaged audiences. I will especially focus on the period of the 1990s and early 2000s, when the so-called evangelical purity movement was popular and influencing the lives and futures of young American women and girls.
The general introduction to this anthology on hunting and gender emphasizes the prevalence of the topic as well as its social and academic relevance. We first outline the topicality of hunting-related depictions of gender in many areas of Euro-American cultures in both the past and present. We then summarize the perspectives that the book opens up among related fields of research, including human-animal studies, gender and queer studies, postcolonialism, and ecocriticism. In addition, we propose three theses that allow us to explore in depth why and how hunting is linked to and lends itself to the creation and perpetuation of difference. These theses, we argue, should shape the understanding of hunting in academic and public discourse in the future.
This chapter offers an interpretation of the short story “Negocios” by Dominican-American author Junot Díaz, included in his collection Drown (1999). In this story, the central figure of “Papi,” a womanizing, often absent, migrant Dominican father, redefines his relationship to family—attributed respectively to the biological family, the nation, work, and desire—through a series of masculinist actions that allow him to access a particular sense of masculinity and latinidad. His self-figuration, which causes various crises in his biological family unit, becomes a necessary reification and embodiment through and against which his wives and children claim their own identities.
The manifestation of female policing by patriarchy takes nuanced forms and subtle dynamics that include references to sociocultural scripts and moral principles. Generally, the repression of the female gender has been condemned across the world, but such intriguing intellectual debates and calls have made little progress in altering the gender binary thinking and practices. The subject of gender remains a tenacious challenge because in some cases, even the undermined gender subscribes to lop-sided notions of femininity and masculinity. However, this scenario is not odd because in a patriarchal society (such as among the Shona of Zimbabwe), women are culturally and socially “wired” to fit into the phallic scripts of mukadzi chaiye (a “real” or cultured woman). Similarly, the discourse of Ubuntu\Unhu in the hands of both patriarchy and de jure powers, functions as an instrument to muzzle subversive voices from the side-lined subaltern classes. This illuminates the ambivalence of Ubuntu/Unhu philosophy when it is fashioned as a male-controlled or dogmatic concept. In this study, I closely read Valerie Tagwira’s The Uncertainty of Hope and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s She no longer weeps as salient prisms to call for a reflective feminist interrogation of Ubuntu/Unhu philosophy that reveals the entrenched phallic quest for domination. While the perpetuation of patriarchy through misconstrued Ubuntu/Unhu muzzles women who are supposed to take an active role in the survival and development of the entire ecosystem, those in the corridors of power exploit its ethics to reconstruct differentiations that only serve their political interests. As I conclude, I reinforce the argument that Ubuntu can only be a liberative doctrine if systemic powers desist from the habit of scheming its selective use or application to gratify egotistical interests by suppressing those perceived to be the second-class inhabitants on the basis of their gender and class.
Okey Ndibe’s Arrows of Rain engages the political concern in Nigeria, much of which could be understood through the societal, cultural, environmental and historical events that pervade the country. There is a shift in Okey Ndibe’s novel from the concept of colonialism as the major problem in Nigeria to more recent issues of corruption and political imbalance that exist in the country, perpetrated on one hand, by its citizenry and on the other, by its military rulers. This paper therefore examines the role of nature and the environment on the life of the protagonist and the stifling of citizens’ liberty, especially the women, by the autocratic rule. It exposes how women were forced to keep silent as a result of higher authority that imposes its will on them. It also argues that military brutality compelled some characters to modify their identity. Relying on postcolonial theory, the study makes an effort at rethinking the Nigerian environmental and political spaces as exemplified in the novel.
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