Beyond Gender

An Advanced Introduction to Futures of Feminist and Sexuality Studies
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-66588-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 589 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

Scholars and activists often narrate the history of gender and feminism as a progression of "waves," said to mark high points of innovation in theory and moments of political breakthrough.

Arguing for the notion of multiple futurities over that of progressive waves, Beyond Gender combines theoretical work with practical applications to provide an advanced introduction to contemporary feminist and sexuality research and advocacy. This comprehensive monograph documents the diversification of gender-related disciplines and struggles, arguing for a multidisciplinary approach to issues formerly subsumed under the unified field of gender studies. Split into two parts, the volume demonstrates how the notion of gender has been criticized by various theories pertaining to masculinity, feminism, and sexuality, and also illustrates how the binary and hierarchical ordering system of gender has been troubled or overcome in practice: in queer performance, legal critique, the classroom, and textual analysis.

Taking a fresh approach to contemporary debates in feminist and sexuality studies, Beyond Gender will appeal to undergraduate students interested in fields such as Feminism and Sexuality Studies, Gender Studies, Feminist Theory, and Masculinity Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olson, Greta

Horn-Schott, Mirjam

Hartley, Daniel

Schmidt, Regina Leonie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Beyond Gender: Towards a Decolonized Queer Feminist Future

Greta Olson and Mirjam Horn-Schott

Part I Undoing Gender Studies – Theoretical Positionings

1. The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Mars and Venus in Language and Gender Research

Jennifer Coates

2. Masculinity Studies: Contemporary Approaches and Alternative Perspectives

Stefan Horlacher

3. Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been, Where Do We Return to, Repeatedly? The Seriality of Feminist Critique and Gender Studies

Sabine Sielke

4. "Slavery to an Assembly Line is Not a Liberation from Slavery to the Kitchen Sink": Assessing Social Reproduction Theory’s Challenge to Liberal-Feminist and Classical-Marxist Paradigms

Daniel Hartley

5. Modes of Being vs. Categories – Queering the Tools of Intersectionality

Gabriele Dietze, Elahe Haschemi Yekani, and Beatrice Michaelis

Part II Forms of Practice – Doing the ‘After’ of Gender Studies

6. Fictions of Sexual Amnesia

Ina Schabert

7. Loving Feminism: Negotiating Differences in the Classroom

Greta Olson

8. Unseemly Desire – Disciplining and Othering the Sexuality of Women in Later Life

Katharina Zilles

9. The Politics of Neo-Liberal Postfeminist Bridal Culture

Franka Heise

10. Small-Screen Tweenage Angst: Feminist Icons and (Anti-)Heroines in Twenty-First Century American Popular Culture

Mirjam Horn-Schott

11. The "Yes" Which Is Not One: Consent, the Law, and the Limits of False Consciousness Feminism

Jordana Greenblatt

12. Autonomous Sri Lankan Women’s Organizations and Their Engagements with LBT Advocacy

Shermal Wijewardene

13. "It’s a space shuttle!" Opening up Queer* Spaces through the Performing Arts

Kathrin Ebmeier and Christoph Bovermann

List of Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Greta Olson is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Giessen, Germany, and general editor of the European Journal of English Studies.
Daniel Hartley is a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds, UK.
Mirjam Horn-Schott is Head of Division Conferences, Programme Assistance at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany.

Leonie Schmidt is a lecturer and PhD fellow in English and American Literature and Culture at Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany.