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Metadata for this Document |
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Title |
Title of document |
Sex/Gender - Gender |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
K. Merinda Simmons; University of Alabama; United States |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Craig Martin; St. Thomas Aquinas College; United States |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
gender and religion; gender studies; religious studies; academic study of religion; social constructionism; feminism; Judith Butler; performativity; body in religion |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Gender and Religion |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter will provide an intellectual history of social constructionism and how discourse on gender as a social construct developed as a response to appeals to a stable, biologically predetermined gendered reality. With surveys of the “waves” of feminism, we will discuss the utility and limitations of the sex/gender dichotomy that emerged to make initial sense of constructionist approaches. In so doing, we will also introduce Judith Butler’s distinction between “performance” and “performativity,” discussing some of the implications of this distinction. Finally, we will offer an analysis of and response to contemporary scholarship on that political and fraught category called “the body.” |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Contributor |
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Date |
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01-Oct-2025 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Type |
Type |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/31083 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.31083 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Gender |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |