Unsettling assumptions tradition, gender, drag / edited by Pauline Greenhill, Diane Tye.

Other author Greenhill, Pauline.
Other author Tye, Diane, 1957-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLogan : Utah State University Press, [2014]
Description308 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Gender identity.
Sex role.
Gender expression.
Queer theory.
Manners and customs.
Folklore.

Abstract "In Unsettling Assumptions, editors Pauline Greenhill and Diane Tye link gender studies with traditional and popular culture studies to examine how tradition and gender can intersect to unsettle assumptions about culture and its study.Contributors explore the intersections of traditional expressive culture and sex/gender systems by challenging their conventional constructions, using sex/gender as a lens to question, investigate, or upset concepts like family, ethics, and authenticity. Individual essays consider myriad topics such as Thanksgiving turkeys, rockabilly and bar fights, Chinese tales of female ghosts, selkie stories, a noisy Mennonite New Year's celebration, the Distaff Gospels, Kentucky tobacco farmers, international adoptions, and more.In Unsettling Assumptions, expressive culture emerges as fundamental both to our sense of belonging to a family, an occupation, or friendship group and, most notably, to identity performativity. Within larger contexts, these works offer a better understanding of cultural attitudes like misogyny, homophobia, and racism as well as the construction and negotiation of power"-- Provided by publisher.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014010139
ISBN9780874218978 (paperback)

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