Paechter, Carrie F.. 2003. ‘Masculinities and femininities as communities of practice’. Women’s Studies International Forum, 26(1), pp. 69-77. ISSN 0277-5395 [Article]

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This exploratory paper argues that treating masculinities and femininities as localised communities of practice is a useful approach to the question of how and why particular forms of gender are performed at particular times and places. In the paper I consider Lave and Wenger's [Lave, Jean, & Wenger, Etienne (1991). Situated Learning: legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press; Wenger, Etienne (1998). Communities of Practice: learning, meaning and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press] conceptualisation of learning as taking place through legitimate participation in communities of practice and demonstrate how this characterises the learning of particular forms of masculinity and femininity practice. I further discuss the implications of this for our understanding of identity and for the salience of bodies and bodily forms as reified markers of masculinity and femininity.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00356-4
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Educational Studies
Dates:	Date Event 2003 Published
Item ID:	12361
Date Deposited:	28 Jul 2015 15:08
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2017 09:38
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/12361

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