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International audience ; The goal of this article is to present the output of a study on women who play rugby union atinternational level. This article aims to uncover the steps in their sport socialization – in rugbyamong others – and to understand how these women construct their identities. We conductedsemi-structured interviews with 12 players from the French national rugby union women'steam. First, the results show that the players have varied sport and rugby socializations. Sportsocialization happened at an early age for most of the players, but two different subgroups seemto emerge vis-à-vis rugby socialization: members of the second underwent socialization throughtheir family for many years, while members of the other were not as exposed to rugby. As faras the identity question is concerned, the players present different constructions vis-à-vis socialnorms. The results show that a majority of women say they do not feel the need to meet socialnorms said to be feminine, while others want to in order to free themselves from the masculineidentity caused by the fact that they play rugby. Lastly, some of the players set limits on thisdouble identity, which is sometimes identified as a constraint.

El propósito de este artículo es desarrollar un análisis crítico del proceso de despolitización del "género". Se propone desvelar un importante punto de inflexión en el uso de "género", de categoría analítica a característica individual, y su creciente sustitución del "sexo". Se argumenta que la comprensión del género como percepción o sentimiento de pertenencia entre múltiples identidades no representa un marco teórico comprometido políticamente y está despojado de sentido para la emancipación de las mujeres de la dominación masculina. A lo largo del artículo (1) se desarrolla una breve narrativa de la historia del concepto, (2) se examina la comprensión del género desde la óptica de la identidad, prestando atención a las acusaciones de voluntarismo dirigidas a Judith Butler y su respuesta a dichas críticas, (3) se analizan las ideas de "masculinidad" y "feminidad" y se expone lo que la superación del género conllevaría, y (4) se reflexiona sobre la constitución del sujeto político del feminismo desde una perspectiva post-identitaria ; The purpose of this article is to develop a critical analysis of the depoliticising of "gender". It aims to reveal a major turning point within the use of "gender", from an analytical category to an individual characteristic, and its increasing substitution of "sex". It is argued that the understanding of gender as a perception or feeling of belonging between multiple identities does not represent a politically committed theoretical framework and is devoid of meaning for the emancipation of women from male domination. Throughout the article (1) a brief narrative of the history of the concept is developed, (2) the understanding of gender from the perspective of identity is examined, paying attention to the accusation of voluntarism directed at Judith Butler and her responses to said criticism (3) the ideas of "masculinity" and "femininity" are analysed and what the overcoming of gender would entail is exposed, and (4) the political subject of feminism is explored from a post-identity perspective

This book shows how the first lesbians to marry in the United States are using or avoiding the word wife at this historic juncture when the definition of marriage is undergoing a shift. It will interest the LGBTQ community and its allies, political activists, feminists, and scholars of sociology, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and gender.

"Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and maintain the vital physical infrastructure of our societies, and we rely upon and trust their achievements every day. Yet we know surprisingly little about builders, the organisation of their work, or the business relations that constitute their industry. This book redresses this lacuna by taking an in depth and close-up look at a section of London building workers and businessmen, highlighting a largely hidden social world. Based on seven years of fieldwork where the author worked as a builder in London, this book describes the informal and practical cultural activities that underpin the construction economy, analysing how gifts, kick-backs, favours and loyalties served as the glue of this economy and also the fundamental frameworks for comprehending the mores and cultures of the building workers and businessmen. Thiel also explores the ethnic diversity and divisions within the trade, considering the centrality of the interrelationships of class, ethnicity and gender in the builders cultural and practical lives and showing how these factors interrelated with economy and polity to produce the building industry and its buildings. Based predominately in cultural and economic sociology, the book will also be of interest to those working in the fields of gender studies; social class and inequality; migration and ethnicity; urban studies; and social identity"--

"Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and maintain the vital physical infrastructure of our societies, and we rely upon and trust their achievements every day. Yet we know surprisingly little about builders, the organisation of their work, or the business relations that constitute their industry. This book redresses this lacuna by taking an in depth and close-up look at a section of London building workers and businessmen, highlighting a largely hidden social world. Based on seven years of fieldwork where the author worked as a builder in London, this book describes the informal and practical cultural activities that underpin the construction economy, analysing how gifts, kick-backs, favours and loyalties served as the glue of this economy and also the fundamental frameworks for comprehending the mores and cultures of the building workers and businessmen. Thiel also explores the ethnic diversity and divisions within the trade, considering the centrality of the interrelationships of class, ethnicity and gender in the builders cultural and practical lives and showing how these factors interrelated with economy and polity to produce the building industry and its buildings. Based predominately in cultural and economic sociology, the book will also be of interest to those working in the fields of gender studies; social class and inequality; migration and ethnicity; urban studies; and social identity"--

ABSTRACTThe popular image, if any, related to lodging in industrial and urban society is one of young male lodgers and female landladies. The aim of this article is to discuss the identity of lodgers and landlords/ladies in gender, age and social perspective. Can we find evidence for proximity in origin, gender and social class between those who looked for and those who provided lodgings? While the middle classes saw lodging as a social evil, were their fears of moral and hygienic degradation realistic? Was keeping lodgers a way of fleecing vulnerable migrants and forcing them into a life of squalor? Or is it possible that the people who acquired an extra room, for a bit of income, or squeezed in an extra bed, were at the mercy of builders and slum landlords with multiple houses? We should perhaps remind ourselves that the ultimate power of control of building quality and flat size lay in the hands of the social class that was pointing its finger at those at the bottom of the social ladder. Through the combination of surveys and census data with oral history collections from early twentieth-century Finland a narrative is constructed of the life as a lodger or landlord/landlady of the working class, demonstrating networks of friendship and mutual support, as well as systems of lodging that were simple economic arrangements for the survival of both parties.

"This book explores the personal and professional lives of women in the Indian civil services and analyses the dynamics of gender and workplace identity for women in government. Based on first-hand interviews of women civil servants at various levels and ages, this book presents a narrative of their work conditions, degrees of authority they exercise and their perception of themselves-in relation to their children, husbands, family, male and female colleagues, politicians and the public at large. It addresses pertinent issues like work-family balance, workforce diversity, equal employment opportunity, sexual harassment at the workplace, among others. Through this research the author addresses questions such as, do women in public administration think differently from their male colleagues? And do they exercise different leadership styles, prioritize different issues, approach problems differently, make decisions in markedly different ways and play an active representative role? The book helps to identify major obstacles that hinder the participation of women in decision making and uncovers the bottlenecks that impede women's advancement in the civil services specifically to policy making positions. An important and timely study, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gender studies, public administration, management, leadership studies. It will also be of interest to organizations working on issues of equal opportunity and affirmative action in public institutions"--

Representing Medieval genders and sexualities in Europe : construction, transformation, and subversion, 600-1530 /Elizabeth L'Estrange and Alison More --'What, after all, is a male virgin?' Multiple performances of male virginity in Anglo-Saxon saints' lives /Cassandra Rhodes --Convergence, conversion, and transformation : gender and sanctity in thirteenth-century liège /Alison More --Constructing political rule, transforming gender scripts : revisiting the thirteenth-century rule of Joan and Margaret, countesses of Flanders /Francesca Canadé Sautman --Violence on vellum : St. Margaret's transgressive body and its audience /Jennifer Borland --'Pourquoy appellerions nous ces choses differentes, qu'une heure, un moment, un mouvement peuvent rendre du tout semblables?' : representing gender identity in the Late Medieval French querelle des femmes /Helen Swift --Constructing female sanctity in Late Medieval Naples : the funerary monument of Queen Sancia of Majorca /Aislinn Loconte --Deschi da parto and topsy-turvy gender relations in fifteenth-century Italian households /Elizabeth L'Estrange --Fashioning female humanist scholarship : self-representation in Laura Cereta's letters /Jennifer Cavalli --Mightier than the sword : reading, writing and noble masculinity in the early sixteenth century /Fiona S. Dunlop.

Muslims' quest for identities, interest, and human rights -- International human rights norms and Muslim experiences -- Gender, identity, and negotiating rights -- Searching for a modern Islamic identity in Egypt -- Occupation, sectarianism, and identity politics in Iraq -- The melding of the old and new in the United Arab Emirates -- Secularism, Turkish Islam, and identity -- The reemergence of populism in Iranian politics : constructing new identities -- Negotiating modernity and tradition in Indonesia -- Construction of Muslims in Europe: the politics of immigration

Sport is a social institution that has a considerable impact on the shaping of gay and lesbian subjects. On the eve of the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago and its new rival, the Outgames, in Montreal, this article explores dimensions of participation in such gay and lesbian sports events
through a study (based on participant observation and interviews) of their most recent major predecessor, the Sydney 2002 Gay Games. In particular, it points to the centrality to many participants' experiences of both individual and collective forms of identification, including those associated
with sexuality and nation. Through their participation in the event, respondents must negotiate the significant tensions that underpin the ideals and demands of these often-contradictory forms of identification. The article suggests that it is this negotiation of competing identities and subjectivities
that illuminates the broader political significance of the Gay Games.

Bringing Diversity to Teams in Japanese Transplants -- Welcome to Kaizen Motors! -- Queens of the Line: Gender and Identity in Teams -- Sexual Attraction on the Line: Family, Affairs and Team Intensification -- The Color Line: Race and Identity in Teams -- The Aging Gurus and Young Gung-hoes -- The Underdogs: Temporary Workers and Team Degradation -- Conclusion

This case study explores experiences of a bisexual Latino male (age 18) whose identities cross various boundaries of heteronormativity routinely legitimized through a variety of school practices. Using a queer theoretical lens, the author examines intersections of race, ethnicity, class, spirituality, sexual orientation, and gender performance as reflected in the lived realities of this young man played out in the environment of a large, urban public high school in the southwest United States. Performance of a fluid masculinity provides a central vehicle for negotiations and synthesis of competing identities against conflicting peer and social norms and as a focus of this inquiry. Victor Turner's (1995) concept of liminality provides a staging area for a construct of holistic masculinity in which formation and articulation of identities are actually clarified rather than blurred.

Die Autorin befaßt sich in dem vorliegenden Aufsatz mit dem Problem der Identität im Kontext des postmodernen Diskurses. Dabei geht sie insbesondere zwei Fragen nach: (1) 'Inwiefern können mit den veränderten Ansätzen der Postmoderne weibliche Lebensrealität und weibliche Erfahrungen gesagt und theoretisiert werden, die bislang aus den gängigen Konzepten über das, was ein Subjekt bzw. Identität ausmacht, ausgegrenzt waren?' (2) 'Inwiefern birgt das konzeptionelle Vorgehen der Postmoderne die Gefahr in sich, daß der männliche Umgang mit der Welt der sich selbstverständlich auch in der Theorie niederschlägt, eine weitere Zuspitzung erfährt?' Die Autorin stellt zunächst die Grundlagen des Subjekt-Identitätskonzepts der Moderne dar und befaßt sich in diesem Zusammenhang mit dem Diskurs der modernen Psychologie. Insbesondere macht sie hier die Auswirkungen des modernen Identitätskonzepts auf die Abbildung weiblicher Lebenserfahrung deutlich. Dann stellt sie die Spezifik weiblicher Lebenserfahrung dar und untersucht zentrale Momente postmoderner Sicht hinsichtlich ihrer Fähigkeit, weibliche Erfahrungen zu erfassen. Abschließend untersucht sie, 'ob das eigentlich kritische Potential aber auch zur Stabilisierung von Herrschaftsverhältnissen, z.B. zwischen den Geschlechtern, mißbraucht werden kann'. (pag)

Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger und Regine Bendl präsentieren mit Ko-AutorInnen eine Standortbestimmung der Diversitätsforschung in Organisationen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Sie bieten WissenschaftlerInnen, PraktikerInnen und Studierenden sowie am Thema interessierten Personen einen Überblick über den aktuellen Diskurs der betriebswirtschaftlichen Diversitäts- bzw. Diversitätsmanagementforschung mit Bezug auf Ansätze der Intersektionalität, Diskriminierung und(Un-)Gleichbehandlung. In den Beiträgen widmen sich die AutorInnen Themenbereichen, wie Problematiken von Diversifizierung und (Ent)Solidarisierung, Diversitätsdiskurse im internationalen Vergleich, intersektionale Diversitätskonzepte und Implementierungsstrategien von Diversitätsmanagement. Der Inhalt n Zur Problematik von Diversifizierung und (Ent)Solidarisierung n Diversitätsdiskurse im internationalen Vergleich n Intersektionale Diversitätskonzepte n Implementierungsstrategien Die Zielgruppen · Lehrende und Studierende der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, insbesondere der Diversitäts- und der Organisationsforschung · PraktikerInnen im Bereich Diversitäts- und Personalmanagement, Marketing; BeraterInnen und TrainerInnen; Diversitätsbeauftragte Die Herausgeberinnen Univ. Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger ist Lehrstuhlinhaberin und Leiterin des Instituts für Gender und Diversität in Organisatio nen der WU Wien. ao.Univ. Prof. Dr. Regine Bendl ist Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Gender und Diversität in Organisationen der WU Wien