Masculinities and femininities as communities of practice Export

@article{citeulike:3576466, abstract = {This exploratory paper argues that treating masculinities and femininities as localised communities of practice is a useful approach to the question of how and why particular forms of gender are performed at particular times and places. In the paper I consider Lave and Wenger's [Lave, Jean, \& Wenger, Etienne (1991). Situated Learning: legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press; Wenger, Etienne (1998). Communities of Practice: learning, meaning and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press] conceptualisation of learning as taking place through legitimate participation in communities of practice and demonstrate how this characterises the learning of particular forms of masculinity and femininity practice. I further discuss the implications of this for our understanding of identity and for the salience of bodies and bodily forms as reified markers of masculinity and femininity.}, author = {Paechter, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {3576466}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00356-4}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277-5395(02)00356-4}, doi = {10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00356-4}, issn = {02775395}, journal = {Women?s Studies International Forum}, keywords = {feminism, masculinity, theory, women}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {69--77}, posted-at = {2009-07-02 03:29:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Masculinities and femininities as communities of practice}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00356-4}, volume = {26}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3576466 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3576466 N2 - This exploratory paper argues that treating masculinities and femininities as localised communities of practice is a useful approach to the question of how and why particular forms of gender are performed at particular times and places. In the paper I consider Lave and Wenger's [Lave, Jean, & Wenger, Etienne (1991). Situated Learning: legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press; Wenger, Etienne (1998). Communities of Practice: learning, meaning and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press] conceptualisation of learning as taking place through legitimate participation in communities of practice and demonstrate how this characterises the learning of particular forms of masculinity and femininity practice. I further discuss the implications of this for our understanding of identity and for the salience of bodies and bodily forms as reified markers of masculinity and femininity. IS - 1 JF - Women?s Studies International Forum SN - 02775395 EP - 77 TI - Masculinities and femininities as communities of practice VL - 26 SP - 69 KW - feminism KW - masculinity KW - theory KW - women AU - Paechter, C PY - 2003/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00356-4 ER -