Abstract
In this chapter we discuss different theoretical approaches to analysing and interpreting the ways in which young children dress up their bodies in gendering and queering ways, namely feminist post-structuralist (FPS), queer theory and post-humanist (PH) . In doing so, we discuss the advantages, intersections, difficulties and tensions associated with these different theoretical frameworks. In terms of situating ourselves theoretically, we each have come from, and currently come to this discussion with, sometimes differing, intersecting and shifting/emerging perspectives in terms of our relationships with these theories, but our perspectives do align at certain critical points. Historically, Kerry Robinson comes from a feminist theoretical background, taking up feminist post-structuralist and queer theory approaches in her work on childhood, gender and sexuality in order to address the difficulties associated with earlier feminist frameworks.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Feminists Researching Gendered Childhoods: Generative Entanglements |
Editors | Jayne Osgood, Kerry H. Robinson |
Place of Publication | U.K. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
Pages | 61-83 |
Number of pages | 23 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781474285797 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781474285780 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- child development
- feminist theory
- gender
- poststructuralism