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"They Need Labels": Contemporary Institutional And Popular Frameworks For Gender Variance, Ophelia Bradley
"They Need Labels": Contemporary Institutional And Popular Frameworks For Gender Variance, Ophelia Bradley
Anthropology Theses
This study addresses the complex issues of etiology and conceptualization of gender variance in the modern West. By analyzing medical, psychological, and popular approaches to gender variance, I demonstrate the highly political nature of each of these paradigms and how gender variant individuals engage with these discourses in the elaboration of their own gender identities. I focus on the role of institutional authority in shaping popular ideas about gender variance and the relationship of gender variant individuals who seek medical intervention towards the systems that regulate their care. Also relevant are the tensions between those who view gender variance as …
"Cooking With Love": Food, Gender, And Power, Melinda Anne Mills
"Cooking With Love": Food, Gender, And Power, Melinda Anne Mills
Anthropology Theses
This work explores the complex relationships between women, food, and power. Engaging the literature of feminist food studies allowed me to record the narratives and examine the experiences of women living in the United States. I take a close look at how women solidify and strengthen their social relationships to family and community through the use of food, or compromise and weaken these relationships through the denial or refusal of food, in the form of cooking or eating. I also consider both local and global contexts for understanding food, in terms of consumption and chores. Finally, I demonstrate how imagery …