A01=John M. Sloop
Author_John M. Sloop
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critical cultural studies
critical rhetoric of identity
cultural construction of femininity
cultural construction of masculinity
cultural criticism of gender roles
cultural narratives of deviance
cultural semiotics of sexuality
discourse analysis and sexuality
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feminist media analysis
gender binaries in media
gender diversity and acceptance
gender identity studies
gender ideology in journalism
gender justice activism
gender nonconformity
gender performativity
gender policing in popular culture
heteronormativity critique
identity performance
ideological critique of representation
intersections of gender and communication
mass media and social meaning
media and gender representation
media case studies of gender issues
media influence on identity politics
moral panic and sexuality
normalization of gender categories
performative identities in culture
political implications of identity discourse
politics of embodiment
poststructuralist gender theory
public opinion and gender ethics
public reactions to gender variance
queer theory scholarship
representations of queerness
resistance to normative identity
rhetorical framing of identity
rhetorical theory and social justice
sexuality and power
social construction of sexual identity
social control of sexuality
social norms and deviance
sociology of gender expression
symbolic power of the press
trans studies
transphobia in news coverage
visibility and erasure in public discourse
Product details
- ISBN 9781558494381
- Weight: 345g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 12 May 2004
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Analyzes media coverage and public discussion of five highly visible cases of gender ambiguity; An expert on the rhetoric of the mass media, John M. Sloop has written several books on how the spoken and written word can influence political and cultural debate. In Disciplining Gender, he turns his attention to a topic that has attracted widespread public discussion - the treatment of gender ambiguity in American culture. He offers critical readings of five cases, showing the extent to which, in each instance, public discourse and media representations have served to reinforce dominant norms and constrain or ""discipline"" any behavior that blurs or subverts conventional gender boundaries. The five cases include John/Joan or David Reimer, Brandon Teena, k.d. lang, Janet Reno, and Barry Winchell/Calpernia Addams. Sloop draws on queer theory and research in the field of critical rhetoric to examine representations of ""gender trouble"" in these much-publicized stories. In each case, he provides a comprehensive analysis of the public discussions of their significance. In short, rather than simply study the people and circumstances involved in each case, he examines the public meanings attached to them and the implications of those meanings for how contemporary culture comes to understand what ""man"" and ""woman"" mean and which sexual behaviors are appropriate and inappropriate. In highlighting the ideological constraints imposed by our society, Sloop also suggests the ways that these constraints might be loosened and understandings of gender and sexuality diversified.
John M. Sloop is associate professor of communications at Vanderbilt University. His most recent books are The Cultural Prison: Discourse, Prisoners, and Punishment (1996) and Shifting Borders: Rhetoric, Immigration, and California's Proposition 187 (2002, coauthored with Kent A. Ono).
