Female Masculinity in the Factory

Claire Oueslati-Porter

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24104-9_5

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Female Masculinity in the Factory

Claire Oueslati-Porter

Gender, Textile Work, and Tunisian Women’s Liberation, pp.81-104

Springer International Publishing

2019-09-15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24104-9_5

Abstract

Female masculinity

Gender deviance

Queer theory

This chapter is the last of three chapters set in the factory. This chapter considers the phenomenon of female masculinity among several workers. This chapter engages with queer theory in order to explicate gender deviance among some female laborers as it relates to labor exploitation and resistance. The destabilization of biologically essentialist ideals of masculinity through female masculinity in the laboring process is key. This chapter also returns to central concerns regarding Tunisian women’s rights, empowerment, and the navigation of hegemonic gender constructions.

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Title: Female Masculinity in the Factory
Creators: Claire Oueslati-Porter - Department of Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA
Publication Details: Gender, Textile Work, and Tunisian Women’s Liberation, pp.81-104
Publisher: Springer International Publishing; Cham
Academic Unit: College of A&S; A&S - Anthropology
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991031624055402976