Gender Performativity Seen Through the Eyes of Children: a drag queen mediates literary encounters

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Performativity, Childhood, Gender Scripts, Drag Queen

Resumo

– In this article we examine ways in which gender performativity may be recognized by young children, looking at a drag queen’s mediation of literary encounters. The theoretical-analytical framework we employ comes from Gender Studies and Cultural Studies of post-structuralist inspiration. Our text recounts experiences from readings, conversation circles and play activities we organized in a small city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Analyzing children’s play and interactions, we observe that from an early age they begin to recognize and question certain expectations about bodies. Contact with art, through literature and other modes of gender performance, can contribute to this reflexive process.

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Biografia do Autor

Cristiano Eduardo da Rosa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Licenciado em Pedagogia pelo Centro Universitário Internacional (UNINTER). Licenciado em Letras pela Universidade FEEVALE. Professor concursado de Língua Inglesa na rede municipal de ensino de Igrejinha/RS.

Jane Felipe, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Jane Felipe obtained her doctorate in Education from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She is Senior Professor of Education at the UFRGS school of Education, and researcher in two working groups in the fields of Gender and Education (Grupo de Estudos de Educação e Relações de Gênero (GEERGE)) and Early Childhood and Early Childhood Education (Grupo de Estudos em Educação Infantil e Infâncias (GEIN)).

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2021-01-26

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Rosa, C. E. da, & Felipe, J. (2021). Gender Performativity Seen Through the Eyes of Children: a drag queen mediates literary encounters. Revista Brasileira De Estudos Da Presença, 11(1), 01–22. Recuperado de https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/109059

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Temas Contemporâneos II