The gender binarism as a social, corporal and subjective "dispositif" of power

Bibliographic Data

ID5317121
AuthorsMargot Pujal I Llombart (0000-0002-4823-2949, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Margot Pujal Llombart, Patricia Amigot Leache, Patricia Amigot (0000-0003-0764-4784, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA))
Year2010
Volume12
Issue2
Pages131
Publication date2010-12-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaderns de Psicologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0211-3481 • E-ISSN: 2014-4520
PublisherAutonomous University of Barcelona (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.770
OpenAlexW1501104228
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited6

In this article we reflect on diverse uses of the category "gender," and argue for a consideration of gender as a dispositif of power, that is, emphasizing its operationality as a producer and regulator of social and subjective life, in interaction with other dispositifs. Using foucauldian tools to think and analyze relations of power, and picking up on Judith Butler's contributions in this domain related to the articulation between postestructuralism and psychoanalysis, we offer theoretical and analytic approaches to gender's operationality as a particular dispositif of power; from its macrosocial operationality as this is articulated in discourses and practices, to the microsocial normalization of subjects' identities through intersubjectivity and the psychic dimension of social norms and practices.

Articulation (sociology) · Intersubjectivity · Normalization (sociology) · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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