Troubling gender binaries in schools

From Sumptuary Law to Sartorial Agency

Bibliographic Data

ID2935601
AuthorsJennifer C Ingrey, Jennifer Ingrey (0000-0002-9232-5501, Western University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume34
Issue3
Pages424-438
Publication date2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2012.717194
OpenAlexW1995125006
LanguageNL
Citations received4
References cited32

This article derives from a larger study on gender fluidity to focus primarily on the sartorial aspects of gender. Secondary school students were interviewed to investigate how they speak about gender expression, performance and fluidity in their school. Using a Foucaultian analytic of subjectivation through regulated surveillance and Butler's theory of gender performativity and the abject, as well as queer theorists such as Wilchins, my aim is to draw attention to the need to de-naturalize the notion of a gender binary. Furthermore, I draw on Garber's analytic framework of sumptuary law to provide insight into the limitations of gender expression and the potential for sartorial agency. The educational significance lies in the need to disrupt the heteronormative education system to resist the exclusion of gender non-conforming students

Heteronormativity · Performativity · Queer · Social science · Sociology · Transgender · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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