Sharon Preves
Biographic Data
| ID | 6096983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Preves |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Preves |
| SIGNATURE | PREVES S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sharon Preves is associate professor and chair of sociology at Hamline University. She teaches and conducts research on gender, medicine, sexuality, ethics, tourism, and identity. Preves's research on intersex has been published in her book Intersex and Identity: The Contested Self (Rutgers University Press 2003) and in the Journal of Clinical Ethics, Intersex in the Age of Ethics, Current Sociology, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Research in Political Sociology, and The Kaleidoscope of... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Classroom as Stage
This article explores the social-psychological process of identity negotiation in collaborative teaching, using Erving Goffman's (1959) theoretical tradition of dramaturgy to analyze the classroom itself as a performance venue. A dramaturgical analysis of collaborative teaching is especially significant given this growing pedagogical trend because identity negotiation in team teaching has the potential to impact one's teaching, one's career, and …
Sexing the Intersexed
National Politics as International Process
Looking at power struggles primarily within national boundaries reifies the nation-state and misses larger issues of control in the international system. Using the example of female genital cutting (FGC), we consider the relative importance of local constituencies versus international normative influence in creating national policies. We find that the occurrence of anti-FGC legislation in countries where many individuals support the procedure, th…
Negotiating the Constraints of Gender Binarism
Critiques of sex/gender categorization have recently garnered significant attention, with particular emphasis on the limits of gender binarism. As an extension of this critique, I explore the social categories of sex/gender and the implications of intersexuality (hermaphroditism) as a viable and newly emerging sex/gender category. Intersex is incongruent with the predominant binary understanding of sex and gender, and thus generates the potential…
National Politics as International Process
Looking at power struggles primarily within national boundaries reifies the nation-state and misses larger issues of control in the international system. Using the example of female genital cutting (FGC), we consider the relative importance of local constituencies versus international normative influence in creating national policies. We find that the occurrence of anti-FGC legislation in countries where many individuals support the procedure, th…
Negotiating the Constraints of Gender Binarism
Critiques of sex/gender categorization have recently garnered significant attention, with particular emphasis on the limits of gender binarism. As an extension of this critique, I explore the social categories of sex/gender and the implications of intersexuality (hermaphroditism) as a viable and newly emerging sex/gender category. Intersex is incongruent with the predominant binary understanding of sex and gender, and thus generates the potential…
Sexing the Intersexed
The Classroom as Stage
This article explores the social-psychological process of identity negotiation in collaborative teaching, using Erving Goffman's (1959) theoretical tradition of dramaturgy to analyze the classroom itself as a performance venue. A dramaturgical analysis of collaborative teaching is especially significant given this growing pedagogical trend because identity negotiation in team teaching has the potential to impact one's teaching, one's career, and …
National Politics as International Process
Looking at power struggles primarily within national boundaries reifies the nation-state and misses larger issues of control in the international system. Using the example of female genital cutting (FGC), we consider the relative importance of local constituencies versus international normative influence in creating national policies. We find that the occurrence of anti-FGC legislation in countries where many individuals support the procedure, th…
Negotiating the Constraints of Gender Binarism
Critiques of sex/gender categorization have recently garnered significant attention, with particular emphasis on the limits of gender binarism. As an extension of this critique, I explore the social categories of sex/gender and the implications of intersexuality (hermaphroditism) as a viable and newly emerging sex/gender category. Intersex is incongruent with the predominant binary understanding of sex and gender, and thus generates the potential…
Sexing the Intersexed
The Classroom as Stage
This article explores the social-psychological process of identity negotiation in collaborative teaching, using Erving Goffman's (1959) theoretical tradition of dramaturgy to analyze the classroom itself as a performance venue. A dramaturgical analysis of collaborative teaching is especially significant given this growing pedagogical trend because identity negotiation in team teaching has the potential to impact one's teaching, one's career, and …
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Process (computing (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Categorization (1 work) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (1 work)