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Original Articles

“A van with a bar and a bed”: Ritualized gender norms in the John/Joan case

Pages 130-149 | Received 22 Oct 1998, Accepted 25 Oct 1999, Published online: 05 Jun 2009
 

Abstract

Through a critical reading of the mass mediated discourse that arose in the wake of the John/Joan or “twins” case, this analysis investigates contemporary iterations of gender performativity, gendered morals and feminism. The author calls for a complication of gender culture and feminism in the public sphere.

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