This study reports the systematic collection of accounts from 204 transsexual subjects, most of whom attended the Gender Identity Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital (Fulham). A review of the literature covers cross gender behaviour in other societies, recent biological, social and psychological studies on gendered and cross gendered behaviour, a medical history of transsexualism and 'sex reassignment surgery'. Psychological 'frames' for the study of cross gendered careers are derived from attributional theories, and symbolic interactionist approaches to the construction of sexual categories of behaviour and experience. The collection of accounts follows a methodology derived from Harr & and his associates' ethogenic approach to the study of social behaviour, and the principles of generating 'grounded (sociological) theory' propounded by Glaser and Strauss. There is a short statistical section on the population of research subjects as a whole. Transexuals' accounts, some 500 exerpts, are marshalled under nearly 200 headings and subheadings. These cover almost all areas of relevant life experience. The conclusions argue that there is a fundamental weakness in the imposition of psychiatric 'syndromes' on gender dysphoric phenomena. Rather, 'gender dysphoric careers' are proposed as fluctuating enterprises in the construction of meanings, some meanings being more fateful and workable than others. An attributional -'imaginative involvement' model to account for transsexualism is explicated. The implications which can be drawn from this, for the way the management of these unfortunate people could be improved, completes the text.

M.A. / This research study was undertaken from a social constructionist perspective. It aims to explore the impact of the emergence of female equality on the South African Male identity. Specifically the researcher tried to investigate how men from different racial and cultural groups cope with changes brought about by the new democracy and gender equality. The first part of the dissertation consists of a review of the literature on the shift from modernism to postmodernism. It includes postmodernist ideas on language, meaning, narrative and the social construction of gender as well as identity. The literature study further provides an overview of the different feminisms. Male identity is then reviewed highlighting the different factors that contribute to its formation, maintenance, as well as its expression in the South African context. In line with the researcher’s epistemology, the methodology was qualitative in nature and semi-structured interviews were used. The narratives of the participants were subjected to a thematic analysis. The significant themes that emerged from the analysis are presented in the results chapter. It is evident from the narratives of the research participants that some males are experiencing difficulty in trying to adapt to the emerging female conscience. It has also been noted that although men are now taking on a greater childcaring role and placing more emphasis on relationships such change seems to be occurring on a very small scale. The slow change in gender roles can be attributed to the normative structure of the patriarchal cultures in South Africa that make role change difficult. The results are thus discussed in light of the literature study as well as the South African context. Finally a conclusion is offered together with the reflections of the researcher and a discussion of the limitations of the study. Lastly recommendations are made in the hope that it would help psychologists, sociologists and lawmakers’ work towards a better understanding of men’s position in society and their fears. It is only through understanding both sides that one can facilitate better gender relationships. / Ms. Brenda Radebe

This thesis explores how gender and sexuality are expressed in southern Manabí Province, Ecuador. The study employs ethnographic methods to recruit local people who identify as LGBTQ (called LGBTI regionally) to participate in interviews on sexuality and gender identity/expression. Based on this research, I explore the construction of “gay” in this part of Ecuador as identity and performance; additionally, reflective viewpoints of those who self-identify as “gay” are thematically incorporated. The term “gay” is used to describe a spectrum of identities that include: homosexual, transformista, travestí, transexual, and transgénero. These identities are not necessarily static, as many individuals traverse categories in a culturally specific progression that I describe. I propose that coastal Ecuadorians utilize a structuring of sexualities and genders within the region that challenges Western LGBTQ+ labels. This research suggests a new regional depiction of non-conforming identities and their manifestations through language, shared strife, communal beliefs, and individual experience. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (MA)--Florida Atlantic University, 2021. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

三十多年來，基於自身家屬的經驗，我一直以為傷殘家庭面對的問題是源於傷殘。之後我從文獻中發現，那更是植根健全和性別的一個社會建構。我把它們結合為「傷殘／性別」問題──既是傷殘中加入性別觀點，也是在性別裡看傷殘，更是兩者彼此並存的狀態。我將「傷殘」放置在「／」之前，是因香港較缺乏直接顛覆傷殘概念的探討。而性別交錯傷殘後，意義越見複雜。 / 2002年，結合女性主義與傷殘理論的女殘理論批評，主宰性別權力關係的父權體系，勾結宰制傷殘的「健全／傷殘」系統，把傷殘陰性化，造成雙重歧視。主流文化再現是歧視的來源之一，同時傷殘者又可自行建立「新的象徵文化」。此理論主張：「只要活得夠長命，我們終有一天會變成傷殘。」2004年，連結傷殘與酷兒理論的打殘理論則主攻健全標準：「健全操演性所要揭穿的是：健全身體的常態是本質地不存在，亦不可能具現，那麼，實際上我們都是傷殘！」理論核心「健全惑亂」企圖說穿健全概念本身才是傷殘麻煩所在。健全沒有原型，而是重覆建構的標準，交錯異性戀健全家庭霸權，形成傷殘歧視，也排斥傷殘同志。為抵抗它，我們要開拓「酷兒／殘廢新論述」。 / 兩個理論重新建立我們與傷殘的關係：傷殘不再屬於少數人的事，我們甚至要推倒健全的概念。我以它們為香港性別研究設定新位置：結合女殘和打殘，搭建「傷殘女性主義」，由傷殘及健全同時著手處理日常矛盾，直指傷殘中的父權和異性戀霸權，重申傷殘去性化的問題和傷殘酷兒家庭的新想像。我更從三個文本中反思行動的可能：分析香港主流媒體的傷殘形象，說明傷殘商品化和傷殘治理的問題；追溯香港民間傷殘團體的發展，勾勒其傷殘／性別文化歷史；探討研究員拍攝的紀錄片《金猛》，展現傷殘家庭介入的可能。 / 本研究遊走理論、運動和自身傷殘家庭經驗，屢遇挫敗。但我仍深信，傷殘／性別作為回應當下香港語境的一種「方法」──一種學術方法、一個運動策略或一項家庭改革，均具積極的社會意義。 / For more than 30 years, I used to think the problems that families with disabled members, including mine, are facing, are derived from the disabilities. But then I discovered from the literature, the construction of ability and gender is another important root of the trouble. I combine and name it as the trouble of "disability/gender". It is not only about adding gender to the disability issue, but also considering gender under the perspective of disability, with the purpose to study their coexistence. In Hong Kong, there is lack of discussion on the subversion of the concept of disability, so that "disability" is placed in front of gender. And the meaning of gender become more complicated when it intersect with "disability". / In 2002, merging Feminism into Disabilty, Feminist Disability Theory criticizes the interection of patriarchy and "ability/disability system". They feminize disability and construct the problem of double discrimation. Cultural representation is one of the sources of the discrimination. Meanwhile, people with disabilities can initiate "cutlural resymbolization'. It emphasises disability is the most human experience. If we live long enough, it touches us all. In 2004, linking the relationship between disability and Queer theory, Crip theory saids, 'the ability performativity tries to reveal: [able-bodiedness] offers normative, positions that are intrinsically impossible to embody. In fact, we are all disabled.' "Ability trouble" is the real problem of disability. There is no origin of ability. When we construct the standard of ability repeatedly under the hegemony of heterosexual abled family form, disability discrimination develop subtly. It also exile the crip-queer. In order to resist it, we should build up more 'new Queer/Cipple discourse'. / Both theories establish a new relationship of disability with us. Disability does not only belong to the minority. The concept of ability should be pulled down. In this thesis, I set up a new position for Hong Kong gender studies by integrating them, namely "Disabled Feminism". It means that we need to deal with different daily conflicts involving disability and ability, as well as to build up a new relationship. It addresses the problem of patriarchy and heterosexual hegemony, reemphasises the problem of asexualization of disability and reimages the new "crip-queer family". Then, I use three main texts to illustrate the possiblity of local action. First, by analysing the image of the disabled amongst the local media, we can see the problem of disabilization and the govermentality of disability. Secondly, by tracing the development of the organization of disability from civil society, we can map out the history of "disability/gender" in Hong Kong. Thirdly, by looking into the documentry produced by the researcher, we can explore the possibilities of intervention by the disabled family. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 黃彩鳳. / Thesis (Ph.D.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 271-283). / Abstracts also in English. / Huang Caifeng.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2002. Graduate Programme in Ethnomusicology. / Typescript. Name on certificate page : Eric James Alexander Wood. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-224). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ82965.

published_or_final_version / English / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences. / Department of Communication

This dissertation is an ethnographic and genealogical study of leftist feminist subjectivity in the wake of the Islamic Revival in contemporary Morocco. It draws on two years (2004-2006) of field research amongst founding members of the Moroccan feminist movement whose activism emerged out of their immersion in and subsequent disenchantment with leftist and Marxist politics in the early 1980s. Based on ethnographic observations and detailed life histories, it explores how Moroccan feminists of this generation came to be constituted as particular kinds of modern leftist subjects who: 1) discursively construct "tradition" as a problem, even while positively invoking it and drawing on its internal resources; 2) posit themselves as "guardians of modernity" despite struggling with modernity's constitutive contradictions; and 3) are unable to parochialize their own normative assumptions about progress, modernity, freedom, the body, and religion in their encounter with a new generation of women who wear the hijab. How and why a strong commitment to ideas associated with modernity, with women's rights and with the left is seen as necessitating a condemnation and disavowal of "traditional" and of non-secular ways of being is one of the main themes animating this project. If I pay particular attention to the affective, visceral and embodied nature of these repudiations, it is to argue that modern political subjectivity operates not simply at the level of ideas but at a more complex register that is made manifest by the difficulties entailed in inter-subjective and inter-generational engagements. At the same time I draw inspiration from the work of feminist scholars and political theorists to argue for a more generous and unthreatened relationship to difference — one that is able to reconcile itself both with the past (tradition) and with the future (new generations). By analyzing the conundrums and aporias of contemporary Moroccan leftist feminist politics, this dissertation seeks to participate in thinking about modernity and feminism in non-teleological ways, and to contribute to an anthropology of modern power and of leftist/progressive political subjectivity.

Blanche Wetherill Walton played a significant role in the development of America’s modernist music culture throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Her legacy has largely been preserved through her roles as a patron and salonnière during this time, which included sending financial aid to composers, housing modernist musicians, hosting meetings of the New York Musicological Society, and hosting musicales in her home. However, Walton’s participation in modernist music extended far beyond traditional patron or salonnière roles. In addition to offering financial gifts, Walton carried out tasks typical of a music agent. These activities included organizing auditions, sending and receiving programs and scores, disseminating writings, corresponding, booking dates, securing venues, coordinating networking opportunities, handling contracts, and arranging lessons on behalf of modernist musicians. The depth and breadth of Walton’s work sets her apart from other music patrons; she acted as a one-woman agent for a select, yet still large, group of modernists. Walton’s upbringing in a wealthy Philadelphia family ensured that she gained managerial skills necessary for overseeing and running a large household. As a young woman of the elite class Walton also learned social etiquette and benefitted from her family’s connections to influential individuals in American music culture. These experiences would prove to be invaluable to Walton’s work in assisting modernist musicians in the early twentieth century. Walton’s upbringing also featured strong ties to her family’s Quaker background. As direct descendants of the founder of the Free Quakers, the Wetherills would have been well versed in Quaker values of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. These tenets influenced Walton’s work in modernist music culture as she generously offered her resources, skills, time, and energy to promote modernist musicians and their music. Despite her family’s wealth and a large settlement she received following the death of her husband in 1903, Walton experienced financial strains in the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash. In addition to providing funds and housing to musicians whenever possible, Walton supplemented this support with managerial assistance. Thanks to her upbringing, Walton knew how to be involved in the day-to-day activities of music culture, understood the importance of working hard on behalf of others, and lived comfortably enough to devote her time and energy to this work. Her influence was far reaching and influenced the careers of many modernist musicians, including Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford, Imre Weisshaus (Paul Arma), Aaron Copland, Joseph Szigeti, and Wesley Kuhnle. This project examines her work on behalf of these six composers, though many others also benefitted from her work and generosity. This group of musicians speaks to the diversity of Walton’s interests in modernist music, encompassing a wide range of modernist compositional approaches, individuals from a variety of backgrounds, both composers and performers, and both male and female modernists. Examining Walton’s managerial work not only illuminates the extent of her involvement in modernist music culture but also provides a better understanding of the structure and state of America’s modernist music culture in the 1920s and 1930s. By looking at the influence Quaker beliefs had on Walton’s work as a manager, this project also suggests that religious values may serve as a new framework through which we may better understand modernist music culture. / A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. / Spring Semester 2019. / March 13, 2019. / Agent, Blanche Wetherill Walton, Manager, Modernist, Quaker, Stewardship / Includes bibliographical references. / Denise Von Glahn, Professor Directing Thesis; Rachel Lumsden, Committee Member; Douglass Seaton, Committee Member.

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