Resumen

PEREIRA, Maria do Mar. Doing Gender in School: a performative analysis of gender negotiation among young people. Ex aequo [online]. 2009, n.20, pp.113-127. ISSN 0874-5560.

In Portugal, we have not yet seen widespread theoretical and empirical examination of gender from a performative perspective, interrogating the ways in which gendered differences, similarities and inequalities are produced and negotiated on an ongoing, daily basis in a range of contexts of interaction. With this article, I aim to contribute to the development of such research through a discussion of an ethnography carried out with young people in a school in Lisbon. Drawing on two case-studies (management of access to playground space and the role of heteronormativity and homophobia in the regulation of masculinities), I argue that a performative approach is a useful and pertinent tool for analysis of gender issues and for critical examination of the analytical models most often used to study gender in current mainstream Portuguese sociological research.

Palabras clave : Gender; Performativity; Youngsters; School; Etnography.

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