Disciplining gender : rhetorics of sex identity in contemporary U.S. culture / John M. Sloop.
| Author/creator | Sloop, John M., 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2004. |
| Description | ix, 189 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Critical rhetoric, public argument, and gender trouble -- Ch. 1. Re-membering David Reimer: heteronormativity and public argument in the John/Joan Case -- Ch. 2. Disciplining the transgendered: Brandon Teena, public representation, and normativity -- Ch. 3. "So long, chaps and spurs, and howdy--er, bon jour--to the wounded songbird": k.d. lang, ambiguity, and the politics of genre/gender -- Ch. 4. The disciplining of female masculinity: Janet Reno as "the lesbian swamp monster" -- Ch. 5. In death, a secret "finally and fully exposed": Barry Winchell, Calpernia Addams, and the crystallization of gender and desire -- Conclusion: Bringing it all back home. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-182) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003024581 |
| ISBN | 1558494375 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1558494383 (paper) |