
Dis...Miss Gender?
Anne Bray(Editor)
MIT Press
Published on 24. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-262-54644-7 (ISBN)
Description
A bold mix of photographs and short essays in which artists, writers, and theorists investigate and celebrate the rapidly evolving world of gender.
Discuss. Discover. Disrupt. We dis- a lot in English, particularly with regard to women and queer people. Our understanding of gender is changing, and with it, so are our questions. Dis...Miss Gender? provides thoughtfully considered contributions from an intrepid group of a hundred artists and writers who explore contemporary concepts of gender. Anchored by lavish illustrations and original essays from prominent gender theorists, including Karen Tongson, Amelia Jones, and Tiffany E. Barber, plus commentary from artists, viewers, and organizations committed to equity and justice, this provocative book is the culmination of a five-year initiative by Anne Bray.
Dis... Mis Gender? offers a kaleidoscopic survey of intersectionality and queer thought, as well as fourth-wave feminism, misogyny, and other forms of oppression based on age, ethnicity, ability, or class. As the population of gender nonconforming and people of color grows, so too does their demand for visual representations of themselves in the world at large. Dis...Miss Gender? nourishes the change we need so that we can at last model diverse identities, question our options, reduce our judgments, and destroy stereotypes. Celebrating a joyful plurality, this book is a finger-on-the-pulse revelation of gender in the act of transforming.
Discuss. Discover. Disrupt. We dis- a lot in English, particularly with regard to women and queer people. Our understanding of gender is changing, and with it, so are our questions. Dis...Miss Gender? provides thoughtfully considered contributions from an intrepid group of a hundred artists and writers who explore contemporary concepts of gender. Anchored by lavish illustrations and original essays from prominent gender theorists, including Karen Tongson, Amelia Jones, and Tiffany E. Barber, plus commentary from artists, viewers, and organizations committed to equity and justice, this provocative book is the culmination of a five-year initiative by Anne Bray.
Dis... Mis Gender? offers a kaleidoscopic survey of intersectionality and queer thought, as well as fourth-wave feminism, misogyny, and other forms of oppression based on age, ethnicity, ability, or class. As the population of gender nonconforming and people of color grows, so too does their demand for visual representations of themselves in the world at large. Dis...Miss Gender? nourishes the change we need so that we can at last model diverse identities, question our options, reduce our judgments, and destroy stereotypes. Celebrating a joyful plurality, this book is a finger-on-the-pulse revelation of gender in the act of transforming.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
163 COLOR ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
858 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54644-7 (9780262546447)
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Anne Bray is an artist and director of the nonprofit arts organization Freewaves in Los Angeles. Freewaves has presented more than 3,000 artists in partnership with 125 curators and over 100 organizations at venues including MIT, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Hammer Museum.
Content
0 introduction 1
1 ain't i a womxn? 7
2 how does gender perform you? 37
3 what is the problem? my body? or socety's perception of my body? 55
4 sister, are you psyco? 71
5 what is your myth and fact about rape? 91
6 how can feminism support equality? 109
7 who decided your gender? 133
8 what makes you bang your head? 151
9 who do you worship? 171
10 what are they signing? 189
11 what were you born for? 205
12 love &/or fear 223
13 change the narrative 245
14 acknowledgments & contributors 250
1 ain't i a womxn? 7
2 how does gender perform you? 37
3 what is the problem? my body? or socety's perception of my body? 55
4 sister, are you psyco? 71
5 what is your myth and fact about rape? 91
6 how can feminism support equality? 109
7 who decided your gender? 133
8 what makes you bang your head? 151
9 who do you worship? 171
10 what are they signing? 189
11 what were you born for? 205
12 love &/or fear 223
13 change the narrative 245
14 acknowledgments & contributors 250