WGST 301: Gender, Sexuality and Society (Rev. C3) Report a Broken Link

Unit 1


Fausto-Sterling, A. (2000, July). The five sexes revisited: The varieties of sex will test medical values and social norms. The Sciences, 18−23.
West, C., & Zimmerman, D. (1987). Doing gender. Gender & Society, 1(2), 125−151.
Unit 1.1: The Two-Sex Binary

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Unit 1.2: Theorizing Gender

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Unit 2


Jordan, E., & Cowan, A. (1995). Warrior narratives in the kindergarten classroom: Renegotiating the social contract? Gender & Society, 9(6), 727−743. 
Myers, K., & Raymond, L. (2010). Elementary school girls and heteronormativity: The Girl Project. Gender & Society, 24(2), 167−188. 
Wang, A. (2000). Asian and White boys’ competing discourses about masculinity: Implications for secondary education. Canadian Journal of Education, 25(2), 113−125.
Walkerdine, V. (2006).  Playing the game: Young girls performing femininity in video game play.” Feminist Media Studies, 6(4), 519−537.
Unit 2.1: Pink Is for Girls, Blue Is for Boys

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Unit 2.2: Performing Feminities and Masculinities at Home, at Play and in the Classroom

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Unit 3


Pyke, K. D., & Johnson, D. L. (2003). Asian American women and racialized femininities: “Doing” gender across cultural worlds. Gender & Society, 17(1), 33−53.
Finley, N. J. (2010). Skating femininity: Gender maneuvering in women’s roller derby. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 39(4), 359−387.
Rupp, L. J., Taylor, V., Regev-Messalem, S., Fogarty, A. C. K., & England, P. (2014). Queer women in the hookup scene: Beyond the closet? Gender & Society, 28(2), 212−235.
Dean, A. (2005). Does a lesbian need a vagina like a fish needs a bicycle? Or would the “real” lesbian please stand up! Canadian Woman Studies, 24(2/3), 93−101.
Day, K., & Keys, T. (2008). Starving in cyberspace: A discourse analysis of pro-eating-disorder websites. Journal of Gender Studies, 17(1), 1−15.      
Unit 3.1: Theorizing Femininities

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Unit 3.2: Normative and Alternative Performances

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Unit 4


Peralta, R. L. (2007). College alcohol use and the embodiment of hegemonic masculinity among European American men. Sex Roles, 56(3/4), 741–756. 
Atencio, M., & Wright, J. (2008). “We be killin' them”: Hierarchies of black masculinity in urban basketball spaces. Sociology of Sport, 25, 263−280.      
Clarkson, J. (2006). "Everyday Joe" versus "pissy, bitchy queens": Gay masculinity on StraightActing.com. The Journal of Men's Studies, 14(2), 191−207.      
Evans, J. (2002). Cautious caregivers: Gender stereotypes and the sexualization of men nurses' touch. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(4), 441−448. 
Courtney, J. (2009). Real men do housework: Ethos and masculinity in contemporary domestic advice. Rhetoric Review, 28(1), 66−81. 
Unit 4.1: Theorizing Masculinities

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Unit 4.2: Normative and Alternative Performances

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Unit 5


Kudlick, C. (2005). The blind man's Harley: White canes and gender identity in America. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 30(21), 1589−1606. 
Scott, J.-A. (2014). Illuminating the vulnerability of hegemonic masculinity through a performance analysis of physically disabled men's personal narratives. Disability Studies Quarterly, 34(1), 1−19. 
Rubin, H. A., & Shapiro, D. A. (Directors). (2005). Murderball [Motion picture]. United States: THINKFilm.

Unit 5.1: Thinking Through Disability

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Unit 5.2: Gendered Performances of Disability

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Unit 6


Cameron, M. (2005). Two-spirited Aboriginal people: Continuing cultural appropriation by non-Aboriginal society. Canadian Woman Studies, 24(2/3), 123−127. 
Jenness, V., & Fenstermaker, S. (2014). Agnes goes to prison: Gender authenticity, transgender inmates in prisons for men, and pursuit of “The Real Deal.” Gender & Society, 28(1), 5−31. 
Stone, A. L. (2013). Flexible queers, serious bodies: Transgender inclusion in queer spaces. Journal of Homosexuality, 60 (12), 1647−1665. 
Unit 6.1: Disrupting the Two-Sex Binary

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Unit 6.2: Performing Queer and Trans Identities

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Video Transcripts

This unit is a collection of links to the video transcripts for the course.


Transcript for Video 1.1
Transcript for Video 1.2
Transcript for Video 2.1
Transcript for Video 2.2
Transcript for Video 3.1
Transcript for Video 3.2
Transcript for Video 4.1
Transcript for Video 4.2
Transcript for Video 5.1
Transcript for Video 5.2
Transcript for Video 6.1
Transcript for Video 6.2